Thyroid recession drift
Reviewed by Fiona Rowe

The authors investigated patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy (TO) who underwent unilateral inferior rectus recession for hypotropia with or without adjustable sutures to determine extent of postoperative surgical alignment. Group A comprised 13 TO patients with inferior rectus recession with adjustable sutures. Group B comprised 14 TO patients with inferior rectus recession without adjustable sutures. Group C comprised 19 patients without TO undergoing recession with adjustable sutures. Group A responded differently to group C. Patients with TO had larger dose responses per mm of recession compared to controls with or without adjustable. TO patients had a drift back towards over correction. There was no significant difference between groups A and B.

Postoperative drift in patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy undergoing unilateral inferior rectus muscle recession.
Peragallo JH, Velez FG, Demer JL, Pineles SL.
STRABISMUS
2013;21:23-8.