The aim of this study was to evaluate the motor, sensory, functional, and head posture results of recession of the lateral rectus muscle contralateral to the involved eye in patients with exotropic ...

We present a case of rupture of the lateral rectus that followed a violent assault. Rupture of the lateral rectus is an infrequently encountered injury in isolation from other ocular injuries. The ...

In the orbit of the eye, also called the eye socket, the lateral rectus muscle helps move the pupil away from the body’s midline. The muscle inserts into the temporal (outer) side of the eyeball and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Secondary cyclic esotropia in pediatric patients is a rare condition that may be related to an abnormality at ...

The abducens nerve is also known as the abducent or sixth cranial nerve (CN6). It controls the eye’s lateral rectus muscle, which moves the eye sideways, away from the nose. Where the pons (a band of ...

What is Duane’s Syndrome? Duane’s syndrome is a congenital non-progressive form of squint or strabismus. The sideways movement of the eyeball is impaired and the eyelids open and close inappropriately ...

A 4-year-old girl was referred to our practice after getting hit in the right eye with a clothes hanger 3 days before, which was witnessed by friends who were baby-sitting the child. The eye was noted ...

Of the 655 patients enrolled in this study, 89 (13.5%) (95% confidence interval [CI] 15%-10%) presented with unilateral exophthalmos. Exophthalmometer values in the ...