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Erica L Oltra1, Richard L Levy2
1Pediatric Ophthalmic Consultants, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 73-year-old woman diagnosed with heavy eye syndrome who underwent loop myopexy of the superior rectus and lateral rectus muscles after suffering pulled-in-two syndrome caused by exploration of the medial rectus muscle, which could not be recovered. Given that intraoperative forced ductions remained positive after loss of the muscle, a loop myopexy of the superior rectus muscle and lateral rectus muscles was performed. Postoperatively the patient regained full adduction, and her esotropia improved notably.
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