Clinical characteristics and surgery of restricted strabismus following retinal detachment surgery

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and evaluate the surgical results in strabismus eyes which had undergone retinal detachment surgery.Methods 17 cases(20 eyes)of restricted strabismus following retinal surgery were examined using prism alternative cover tests or Krimsky tests,and eyeball movement and diplopia analyses before and after strabismus operations.Results The main feature of restricted strabismus was that the direction of strabismus corresponded with the extraocular muscles restricted and opposed to the most position in diplopia and restricted binocular motility.Strabotomy could completely or partly eliminate diplopia,especially it could correct the restricted strabismus in the primary position and in the read location. Conclusion Strabismus following retinal detachment surgery is a restrictive strabismus.Strabotomy is effective in the treatment of restrictive strabismus.