Extraocular Muscle Stretching as a Weakening Procedure

Stretching of an Extraocular Rectus Muscle as a Weakening Procedure

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05778565

Acronym

EOMS

Enrollment

Registered

2023-03-21

Start date

2021-01-13

Completion date

2023-06-23

Last updated

2023-05-03

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Conditions

Strabismus, Comitant

Brief summary

Interventional case series. Non-operated patients with an indication of medial rectus muscle weakening surgery (deviation up to 20 PD) who could cooperate with topical or sub-Tenon's anesthesia. Clinical workup includes routine complete ophthalmological evaluation. One double needle 6/0 Mersilene suture is used on each side of the muscle at 4 mm distance of the insertion and pulled / stretched to insert in the sclera 3-5 mm posterior to the muscle locking passes. Seven patients with esotropia of 12-20 PD were included.

Interventions

PROCEDUREExtraocular muscle stretching

Extraocular muscle stretching to test its efficacy as a weakening procedure

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Extraocular muscle procedure

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients requiring weakening of medial rectus muscle(s) for 12-20 PD of esotropia who could cooperate with topical / sub-Tenon's anesthesia, and had no previous eye muscle surgery

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with previous strabismus surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Distance deviation at 2 months after surgery	2 months	Distance deviation at 2 months after surgery (alternate prim and cover)

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026