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Surgical treatment of strabismus fixus in a patient with medial rectus fibrosis - A Case report

BINDU THOMAS

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Strabismus fixus is a rare condition in which one or both eyes are anchored in an extreme adduction or abduction position. In this case report we present a case with  strabismus fixus convergens with medial rectus fibrosis. The patient underwent supramaximal recession of medial rectus muscle and resection of lateral rectus muscles, with stay  sutures keeping the eye in abduction for 2 days. The patient had significant improvement in ocular alignment.

 


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