Full Description
This edited volume on squint covers newer, advanced surgeries that are now utilized globally to achieve superior patient outcomes. The topics include adjustable sutures, ciliary vessel-sparing surgery, superior oblique split lengthening, pulleys in surgery and pulley Faden, periosteal fixation of lateral rectus, muscle transplantation, loop myopexy, superior rectus transposition, advanced surgeries of inferior oblique and muscle transplantation. Chapters include notes on the surgical technique, personal experience of the expert, problems and limitations of the procedure, tips and tricks for improving outcomes, and modifications that may happen in future.
Strabismus surgery has seen major refinements in the last few years. Now surgeons have more options than ever before to consider when planning surgery for their patients.
Advances in strabismus surgery is for surgeons who have been doing horizontalstrabismus surgery and are now keen to progress to advanced procedures.
Contents
Adjustable sutures.- Ciliary vessels sparing surgery.- Inferior oblique: Advanced surgeries.- Superior oblique split lengthening.- Role of pulleys in surgery and pulley Faden.- Lateral rectus transposition to medial rectus.- Periosteal fixation of lateral rectus and Y split for exo DRS.- Sueprior rectus transposition for Eso DRS.- Loop myopexy for strabismus fixus.- Muscle plications.- Globe fixation and its modifications.- True muscle transplantation.- Adjustable Faden surgery.
