UNILATERAL MEDIAL RECTUS RECESSION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ESOTROPIA

Twenty selected patients with esotropia were treated with a unilateral medial rectus recession. Ten patients underwent a 5-mm unilateral med ial rectus recession for esotropia of 20 prism diopters (PD) or less, 6 a 5.5-mm recession far esetropia of 25 PD, and 4 a 6-mm recession fo r esotropia of 30 PD, Eighteen of the treated patients were straight p ostoperatively orad id or less of esotropia; there were no overcorrect ions, Clinically significant limitation of adduction did not occur in any of the patients, Unilateral medial rectus recession should he cons idered as an alternative in the treatment of small-angle esotropia.