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Nilza Minguini1, Karin Suzete Ikeda, Keila Monteiro de Carvalho
1Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp - Campinas (SP), Brazil. minguini@uol.com.br
Abstract:
We described the clinical, surgical details and results (motor and sensory) of the retrieving procedure of traumatically avulsed muscles in three patients with no previous history of strabismus or diplopia seen in the Department of Ophthalmology, State University of Campinas, Brazil. The slipped muscle portion was reinserted at the original insertion and under the remaining stump, which was sutured over the reinserted muscle. For all three cases there was recovery of single binocular vision and stereopsis.
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