superior oblique tuck

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A surgical procedure that strengthens the superior oblique muscle by doubling over its loose tendon and securing it with a suture woven through the tendon base in a double figure-eight fashion. This shortens the effective tendon length, enhancing the muscle’s actions of depression, intorsion, and abduction. The superior oblique tuck is commonly performed to treat superior oblique palsy or paresis, correcting the associated hypertropia, excyclotorsion, and limited depression.

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Agarwal, S. (2020). Strabismus Surgery. In: Agarwal, S. (ed.) Strabismus Simplified. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2135-0_9

American Academy of Ophthalmology (2020). Superior Oblique Tuck. [online] Available at: https://www.aao.org/education/basic-skills/strabismus-surgery-superior-oblique-tuck [Accessed 8 May 2024].

Bradfield, Y.S., Struck, M.C., Kushner, B.J., Galal, A., Drummond, G.T. and Keech, R.V. (2012). Surgical treatment of acquired superior oblique palsy. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 16(5), pp.460-463.

Kushner, B.J. (2017). Strabismus. In: Olitsky, S.E. (ed.) Pediatric Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28315-5_10

Rutstein, R. and Daum, K. (1997). Anomalies of Binocular Vision: Diagnosis & Management. St. Louis: Mosby.

Sharma, P., Gogri, P., Nagpal, R. and Garg, P. (2021). Superior Oblique Tuck. In: Agarwal, S. (ed.) Strabismus Simplified. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53058-7_88