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History

This is a 75 year old woman who had strabismus surgery at age 10 years for crossed (L) eye. She noticed (L) eye turning out for many years.

Surgery

(L) Medial rectus found 18 mm from limbus with pseudotendon extending to original insertion site
Muscle advanced and reinserted 6 mm from limbus
(L) lateral rectus found 7 mm from limbus and recessed to 14 mm from limbus
Lateral rectus was moderately tight on forced duction testing