A study in tucking extraocular muscles to correct strabismus.

The performance of the tucking operation is easy when one compares its technique and method with the same features of resecting an extraocular muscle. This procedure may be performed readily within any surgical setting, with any assistant, without regard for suture composition, and with little doubt of success. The outcome must include a determination on the part of the surgeon to reach a consistently reproducible standard in his surgery.

Endophthalmitis complicating Haemophilus influenzae type B meningitis.

In two children, pyogenic endophthalmitis developed simultaneously with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis. The eye of one of the patients recovered fully; the eye of the other became phthisical and was enucleated. Culturable or pathologically identifiable organisms were not found in either eye; nevertheless, it is suggested that these cases represented metastatic H influenzae type b endophthalmitis from a primary site of infection in the meninges.

Review of surgical results using bilateral lateral rectus recession for the correction of exodeviations.

The results of bilateral lateral rectus recession as the first procedure for the correction of exodeviations were reviewed. Thirty-six charts met the criteria used in this study. There was an overall success rate of 83% by judging satisfactory surgical results as no more than a 10 diopter esodeviation or exodeviation in the primary position at distance.

Ocular palsies in children with diabetes mellitus.

The findings in three children with ocular palsies are reported in this paper. Two had insulin-requiring diabetes and one demonstrated only an abnormal I.V.