Background The comparable long-term outcomes of inferior oblique muscle myectomy and recession for the treatment of superior oblique underaction (in primary position and straight right and left gaze) ...

A CT of the orbit with coronal sections demonstrated a fracture of the orbital floor extending to the orbital apex with entrapment of the inferior rectus muscle (Figure 2). A hypotropia is typically ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . E.K., a 60-year-old missionary working in Ecuador, developed sudden mild pain, diplopia and mild proptosis in ...

Dr. Mark A. Matza (Medicine): An 18-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of diplopia and proptosis of the left eye. The patient had been well until approximately 33 months before this ...

Alphabet patterns like A or V, first described by Urist, [1] are known to occur in association with esotropia or exotropia in the primary position. Less commonly, a significant deviation (exotropia) ...

The rectus abdominis muscle is located in the front of the body, beginning at the pubic bone and ending at the sternum. It is located inside the abdominal region. The muscle is activated while doing ...

A muscle in the quadriceps, the rectus femoris muscle is attached to the hip and helps to extend or raise the knee. This muscle is also used to flex the thigh. The rectus femoris is the only muscle ...

The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four major muscles that make up the quadriceps, or the front part of your upper leg. Strengthening the rectus femoris, in particular, can help stabilize your ...