[Morphological research on different ways of joining the rectus muscles of the eye]

The paper analyses results of comparative clinico-morphological studies of two methods for ocular rectus muscles a sutural and a loop methods used in 8 rabbits (16 eyes). Histologic examination of specimens of eye made 4-6 months after surgical intervention has shown that a loop method provides preservation of the structure of muscular tissue to a much greater degree than a sutural method. The results obtained allow to consider the loop method to be a method of choice for the usage in clinical practice as being less traumatic. The effectiveness of the operation was recorded in 15 patients with monolateral convergent paralytic strabismus. The follow-up period ranged from 6 months to 2 years.