A transposition surgery used to treat lateral rectus palsy or complete sixth nerve palsy. It involves splitting the muscle bellies of the lateral, superior, and inferior rectus muscles behind their insertions. The lateral halves of the superior and inferior rectus muscles are then sutured to the lateral rectus muscle belly without disinserting any of the […]
Jensen procedure
A transposition surgery used to treat lateral rectus palsy or complete sixth nerve palsy. It involves splitting the muscle bellies of the lateral, superior, and inferior rectus muscles behind their insertions. The lateral halves of the superior and inferior rectus muscles are then sutured to the lateral rectus muscle belly without disinserting any of the tendons, augmenting lateral rectus function by adding vector forces from the vertical rectus muscles.