[Results of Cüpper's "thread fixation" in squinters with inconstant angle (author's transl)]

The results of strabismus operations on strabismus patients with variable angles are presented. The so-called "Fadenfixation" (Cüppers) is compared with the usual recess-resect method. Of the 62 cases of strabismus with variable angle which were operated without the "Fixation", only 3 cases were parallel post-operationem. By combining the recess-resect method with the "Fadenfixation" either on both eyes or on only one eye, a nearly parallel position was obtained in most cases. In some cases, following a "Fadenfixation" on one eye, a remaining constant angle was removed by a simple recess-resect procedure on the fellow eye. In 30% of the cases of esotropia, the "Fadenfixation" was the method of choice.