Extraocular Muscle Stretching as a Weakening Procedure (EOMS)

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Strabismus, Comitant

Treatments: Procedure: Extraocular muscle stretching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05778565

OFTEOM-0322

Details and patient eligibility

About

Interventional case series. Non-operated patients with an indication of medial rectus muscle weakening surgery (deviation up to 20 PD) who could cooperate with topical or sub-Tenon's anesthesia. Clinical workup includes routine complete ophthalmological evaluation. One double needle 6/0 Mersilene suture is used on each side of the muscle at 4 mm distance of the insertion and pulled / stretched to insert in the sclera 3-5 mm posterior to the muscle locking passes.

Seven patients with esotropia of 12-20 PD were included.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients requiring weakening of medial rectus muscle(s) for 12-20 PD of esotropia who could cooperate with topical / sub-Tenon's anesthesia, and had no previous eye muscle surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with previous strabismus surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Extraocular muscle stretching arm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Extraocular muscle stretching