• Title of article

    Alternating ptoi after bilateral frontali mucle upenion for congenital ptoi

  • Author/Authors

    Jame E. Egbert، نويسنده , , Neil J. Lucchee، نويسنده , , Richard K. Dortzbach، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    815
  • To page
    816
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report an unuual repone to bilateral frontali upenion urgery for congenital ptoi. METHOD: Cae report. REULT: A 6-year-old child with infantile eotropia and bilateral congenital ptoi received a homologou facia lata frontali upenion. After urgery, the patient exhibited an alternating ptoi, caued by alternating unilateral frontali mucle contraction, which ha perited throughout 3 year of potoperative obervation. CONCLUION: ymmetric frontali mucle activation may not alway occur after bilateral frontali mucle upenion urgery for congenital ptoi. Amblyopia, trabimu, or fixation preference may predipoe patient to ue unilateral brow elevation, depite bilateral frontali mucle upenion urgery
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    623323