The Role of Superior Oblique Posterior Tenectomy Along With Inferior Rectus Recessions for the Treatment of Chin-up Head Positioning in Patients With Nystagmus.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of bilateral superior oblique posterior 7/8th tenectomy with inferior rectus recession on improving chin-up head positioning in patients with horizontal nystagmus.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed from 2007 to 2017 for patients with nystagmus and chin-up positioning of 15° or more who underwent combined bilateral superior oblique posterior 7/8th tenectomy with an inferior rectus recession of at least 5 mm.

Results: Thirteen patients (9 males and 4 females) were included, with an average age of 7.

Bilateral posterior tenectomy of the superior oblique muscle for the treatment of A-pattern strabismus.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of bilateral posterior superior oblique tenectomy for the treatment of A-pattern strabismus due to superior oblique overaction regardless of the magnitude of the pattern.

Methods: The medical records of patients with A-pattern esotropia or exotropia in the presence of superior oblique overaction who underwent combined horizontal muscle surgery along with bilateral superior oblique posterior 7/8 tenectomy from 2003 to 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with at least 3 months' follow-up were included.

Surgical management of conjunctival loiasis.

An increase in world travel has resulted in the appearance of tropical and third-world diseases in nonendemic locations. We report a case from New York City of an adult African eye worm, Loa loa, and the technique of its paralysis and removal from the epibulbar conjunctiva.