Strabismus surgery in ocular myasthenia gravis

Ophthalmologica. 1996;210(2):95-100. doi: 10.1159/000310681.

Abstract

We evaluated the efficacy of eye muscle surgery in 4 patients with ocular myasthenia gravis with troublesome diplopia. All patients were in remission and had shown a consistently stable angle of deviation for at least 6 months preoperatively. The extent of eye muscle surgery was based on the degree of deviation in the primary position, and conventional recession and resection procedures were performed in 3 patients and hang-loose recession with an adjustable recession in 1. Single binocular vision was obtained in 3 patients in the primary position without prism correction or compensatory head posture. Electron-microscopic studies on the eye muscle specimens obtained at strabismus surgery revealed non-specific degenerative findings for the muscle fibers and sarcomeric disorganization compared to that in a control extraocular muscle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Eye Movements
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myasthenia Gravis / complications*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / physiopathology
  • Myasthenia Gravis / surgery
  • Oculomotor Muscles / surgery
  • Oculomotor Muscles / ultrastructure
  • Strabismus / etiology
  • Strabismus / physiopathology
  • Strabismus / surgery*
  • Vision, Binocular