Observation on the curative effect of horizontal rectus transposition combining recess-resect treatment on monocular elevation deficiency with horizontal strabismus

PURPOSE: To explore the clinical effect of horizontal rectus transposition combining recess and resect treatment on monocular elevation deficiency (MED) with horizontal strabismus. METHODS: Ten patients (10 eyes) scheduled to undergo horizontal rectus transposition combining recess-resect surgery to treat MED with horizontal strabismus in the ME Department of Ophthalmology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University between July 2016 and February 2022 were included in the study. The degree of vertical and horizontal prism strabismus, the grading of upper movement of the paralyzed eye, and the improvement of binocular vision were evaluated before and after the surgery. RESULTS: Horizontal rectus transposition combined with recess and resect treatment was used to treat 10 patients with MED combined with horizontal strabismus. A good curative effect was seen in eight patients. The differences in the degree of vertical strabismus, the degree of horizontal strabismus, and the movement function of the paretic eyes before and after surgery were significantly different (all P < 0.05). The binocular haplopia function in six patients was reconstructed in the primary position after surgery. CONCLUSION: Horizontal rectus transposition combining recess-resect is easy to perform, and the number of recti involved in the surgery is small. This approach can effectively correct the eye position, improve eye movement, and reconstruct binocular vision in patients with MED by combining horizontal strabismus.