Outcomes of "a new modification of Jensen technique combined with medial rectus recession" in patients with complete sixth cranial nerve palsy.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: SAGE Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9110772 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1724-6016 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 11206721 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Ophthalmol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2018- : Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publishing
      Original Publication: Milano ; Birmingham, AL : Wichtig, c1991-
    • Subject Terms:
      Oculomotor Muscles*/surgery ; Oculomotor Muscles*/physiopathology ; Abducens Nerve Diseases*/surgery ; Abducens Nerve Diseases*/physiopathology ; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures*/methods ; Esotropia*/surgery ; Esotropia*/physiopathology ; Vision, Binocular*/physiology ; Suture Techniques*; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Adolescent ; Middle Aged ; Child ; Eye Movements/physiology ; Treatment Outcome ; Retrospective Studies ; Child, Preschool ; Aged
    • Abstract:
      Background: To report the outcomes of "our modified Jensen technique" for treating esotropia in cases with complete sixth cranial nerve (CN VI) palsy.
      Methods: This study is a 30-year case series of isolated complete CN VI palsy who underwent combined medial rectus recession and our modified Jensen operation. We modified the original technique by anchoring the muscle-unifying sutures to the sclera near the equator using a non-absorbable suture. Major outcomes such as postoperative diplopia, face turn, horizontal and vertical eye deviations, and abduction limitation were assessed. Successful surgery was defined as orthotropia or esotropia equal to or less than 8 prism diopters (PD) and the absence of any vertical deviation.
      Results: Fifty-three cases with a mean age of 28 years old were included in this study. The male-to-female ratio was 3 to 1. Forty-five cases (85%) presented with unilateral palsy, whereas 8 patients (15%) had bilateral palsy. Trauma was the most common etiology (85%). Diplopia or face turn, presented in 42 patients before the operation, remained in seven cases after the operation. Primary position esotropia, which was the main complaint in all patients, decreased from 49 PD to 4 PD in unilateral palsy and from 101 PD to 10 PD in bilateral palsy. The mean reduction of abduction deficit was 1.78 in unilateral and 1.75 in bilateral palsy. The success rate was 76% in unilateral and 62% in bilateral palsy.
      Conclusion: Our modified Jensen operation was effective in treating patients with complete CN VI palsy, producing no significant permanent complications.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Diplopia; Esotropia; Jensen muscle union; Sixth nerve palsy; medial rectus recession
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240201 Date Completed: 20240911 Latest Revision: 20240911
    • Publication Date:
      20240911
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/11206721241229480
    • Accession Number:
      38297488