The squint angle and elongation of the lateral rectus muscle under general anesthesia in primary esotropia.

Abstract

Purpose In a group of 34 patients with esotropia, the anesthetic sign was studied in order to decide on the selection of the eye that should be initially operated. It is based on the examination of the variation between the angle while the patient is awake and the angle under general anesthesia applied with a definite protocole. The operated eye was always the most convergent or the less divergent one under general anesthesia.