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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Strabismus. 2021 Nov 17;29(4):243–251. doi: 10.1080/09273972.2021.1987931

Table 2.

Superior Oblique Tendon Abnormality

Case Preoperative Hypertropia Postoperative Hypertropia Surgery
Central Deorsumversion Central Deorsumversion First Second
1 16 20 0 0 Left IO myectomy and right IR recession 3.5mm 2mm right IR Re-recession with temporal transposition of ¾ tendon width; 4 mm left IR resection with ¾ tendon width nasal transposition
2 6 25 0 4 Left IO myectomy. 2.5mm right IR recession with scleral posterior fixation 18mm posterior to limbus.
3 5 20 0 3 8mm plication of posterior half of right SO tendon
4 2 20 0 0 Right IO recession
5 20 30 0 12 6 mm right SO plication, and 2mm left IR recession with scleral posterior fixation
6 20 8 2 2 Right IO recession, and right SO tendon plication 7mm
7 25 25 2 2 7mm left SO plication, and 4mm right IR recession using adjustable suture.

IO – inferior oblique muscle. IR – inferior rectus muscle. SO – superior oblique.