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The Gass hook as an aid in inferior oblique recession
1Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Abstract:
We describe how use of the Gass hook allows safer placement of the lateral rectus stay suture for inferior rectus recession through an inferotemporal cul-de-sac incision.
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