Surgical details of patients undergoing unilateral nasal transposition of the split lateral rectus muscle for strabismus associated with 3rd-nerve palsy
| Surgical detail | Entire cohort | NTSLR | NTSLR+other ipsilateral horizontal surgery |
| Number | 98 | 88 | 10 |
| Median placement of the split LR (mm, IQR) | 0 (0 to 4.5) | 0 (0 to 3.375) | 10 (1.5 to 16.75) |
| IO myectomy (n, %) | 7 (7.1) | 7 (8.0) | 0 (0) |
| SO tenotomy (n, %) | 16 (16.3) | 16 (18.2) | 0 (0) |
| Adjustable suture technique (n, %) | 17 (17.3) | 17 (19.3) | 0 (0) |
| Augmentation suture technique | 5 (5.1) | 4 (4.5) | 1 (10) |
| Median preoperative exotropia (PD, IQR) | 70 (50 to 90) | 65 (50 to 90) | 90 (48.75 to 116) |
| Median postoperative exotropia (PD, IQR) | 1 (0 to 15.5) | 0 (0 to 18) | 5 (−0.50 to 14.5) |
| Median change in horizontal alignment (PD, IQR) | 60 (46 to 81) | 60 (45.5 to 80) | 82.5 (45.75 to 121.5) |
| Median preoperative hypotropia (PD, IQR) | −4 (−10 to 0) | −2 (−10 to 0) | −4 (−12.5 to 0) |
| Median postoperative hypotropia (PD, IQR) | −2 (−7 to 0) | −1.5 (−7.75 to 0) | −2 (−7 to 0) |
IO, inferior oblique muscle; LR, lateral rectus muscle; NTSLR, nasal transposition of the split lateral rectus muscle; PD, prism dioptres; SO, superior oblique muscle.