Tendon elongation with bovine pericardium (Tutopatch®) when conventional strabismus surgery is not possible

• Published in: European journal of ophthalmology Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 193
• Main Authors: van Rijn, Laurentius J, van De Ven, Stephanie J N, Krijnen, Jacqueline S M, Jansen, Suzanne M, Bakels, Amber J, Langenhorst, Anne-Marie E L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Animals; Cattle; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oculomotor Muscles - surgery; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; Polytetrafluoroethylene - therapeutic use; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Sclera; Strabismus - surgery; Tenotomy - methods; Visual Acuity; Young Adult

Sometimes, a conventional recess-resect surgery may not be sufficient to obtain satisfactory ocular alignment. Patients who have previously undergone surgery and/or have a large difference in visual acuity between both eyes and do not wish to undergo surgery on the sound eye provide a surgical chall...