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Slipped Extraocular Muscle

MedGen UID:
857163
•Concept ID:
C3897569
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Slipped Muscle

Definition

Weakness of extraocular muscle function as a result of inadequate securing of the muscle to the sclera during strabismus surgery. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSlipped Extraocular Muscle

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of the surgical complication of postoperative "slipped" medial rectus muscle: a new "tendon step test" and outcome/results in 11 cases.
Raz J, Bernheim J, Pras E, Saar C, Assia EI
Binocul Vis Strabismus Q 2002;17(1):25-33. PMID: 11874380

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Detection of the slipped extraocular muscle after strabismus surgery.
Chen SI, Knox PC, Hiscott P, Marsh IB
Ophthalmology 2005 Apr;112(4):686-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.11.048. PMID: 15808263

Diagnosis

Detection of the slipped extraocular muscle after strabismus surgery.
Chen SI, Knox PC, Hiscott P, Marsh IB
Ophthalmology 2005 Apr;112(4):686-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.11.048. PMID: 15808263

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