J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2012 May;53(5):674-680.

The Change of Rectus Muscle Length Caused by Traction with Muscle Hooks in Strabismus Surgery: The Second Report

• Jeon GS
• Kim DW
• Choi MY
• Choi DG

Abstract

PURPOSE
To investigate the influence of the change in medial rectus resection amount caused by traction with muscle hooks on surgical results in exotropia.
METHODS
In this prospective study 38 exotropia patients underwent unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus resection (R & R). After isolation of the medial rectus muscle, the length of the muscle was measured with a muscle hook, and the portion to be resected was marked using gentian violet stain with calipers. After the medial rectus was retracted with two muscle hooks in either direction, its length was measured again with the calipers. Group 1 includes the patients with the planned resection amount changed to a more 0.5-1.0 mm when the rectus muscle was retracted, while group 2 did not change with the second muscle hook. The surgical results were compared between the 2 groups at postoperative 6 months.
RESULTS
Mean resection amount was changed from 5.07 +/- 0.76 mm to 5.36 +/- 0.73 mm after pulling the second muscle hook. Sixteen patients (42.1%) were included in group 1 and 22 patients (57.9%) in group 2. There was no significant statistical difference in mean preoperative and postoperative deviated angle between the two groups. Success rates defined as the ocular alignment within +/- 10 PD in the primary position at postoperative 6 months were 75.0% in group 1 and 86.3% in group 2, which is not stastistically different (p > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Medial rectus resection amounts can be changed with the muscle traction with two muscle hooks, which induced the planned amount of resection less than first measured resection amount. However, there was little influence on surgical outcomes from the change occurred to a maximum 1 mm in resection measurement due to traction with two muscle hooks.

Keyword

Change of resection amount; Surgical result; Traction with muscle hook

MeSH Terms

Exotropia
Gentian Violet
Humans
Muscles
Prospective Studies
Strabismus
Traction
Gentian Violet

Figure

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  Figure 1 (A) Medial rectus muscle was retracted with Jameson muscle hook. The planned resection amount was marked with Gentian violet (white arrow). (B) This picture shows the discrepancy between the planned resection amount (caliper) and the elongated resection amount (white arrow) after retraction second Jameson muscle hook (white arrow head).

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  Figure 2 Change of mean postoperative deviated angles in two groups. Group 1: The increment of resection amount after pulling of 2nd m. hook ≥ 0.5 mm. Group 2: The increment of resection amount after pulling of 2nd m. hook < 0.5 mm. *p > 0.05 between group 1 and group 2, Mann-Whitney U-test; -: esotropia; +: exotropia.

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  Figure 3 Comparison of two hospitals based on mean postoperative deviated angles. *p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney U-test; -: esotropia; +: exotropia.

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