The superior rectus is an eye muscle, controlling the eye as it moves up. This muscle is among four muscles — including the medial rectus, lateral rectus, and the inferior rectus — which control the ...

Reviewed by Clifton M. Jackness, MD, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, NYU School of Medicine, NY, NY ...

Twenty eyes from 10 rabbits (20 superior rectus muscles) were divided into four groups according to scleral suture techniques. The types of scleral suture technique used for the four groups were as ...

E.K., a 60-year-old missionary working in Ecuador, developed sudden mild pain, diplopia and mild proptosis in her right eye. She was seen by local physicians who made a diagnosis of right frontal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two combination procedures were effective in correcting unilateral congenital superior oblique muscle palsy, a ...

Clinically, patients will present with an inability to elevate the affected eye. The inability to elevate occurs during both abduction and adduction, and the eye is often hypotropic in primary gaze.

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) ...