To report the postoperative results of full-tendon vertical rectus transposition (VRT) augmented with lateral fixation suture for the treatment of type 1 Duane syndrome and sixth nerve palsy and ...

Duane’s syndrome is a birth disorder affecting the sideward movement of the eyes as the nerve controlling this movement has failed to develop properly. ... (cranial nerve VI) nerve.

Thus, aberrant regeneration is very common after congenital III palsy; Duane syndrome, ... Sixth nerve palsy may complicate otitis media, an association known as Gradenigo syndrome.

Duane syndrome can be classified into 3 types. Type I consists of limited abduction, intact adduction, and frequent primary position esotropia. Type II is extremely rare and is characterized by ...

Duane syndrome and sixth nerve palsy may present with a face turn; however, patients with these conditions do not present with an inability to see objects on one side of the visual field.

Q: Can Duane’s syndrome be passed on to the offspring? A: The sporadic form of DRS is not hereditary and occurs spontaneously. This type affects only one eye and accounts for 80% of cases.

A research team from King's College London and the University of Exeter Medical School has identified how a genetic mutation acts during the development of nerves responsible for controlling eye ...

Duane syndrome is a congenital eye movement disorder that causes eye muscles to contract and relax when they should not. It develops in the womb where it affects nerve growth in the eye.

The protein mutated in Duane Syndrome acts as a switch that weighs up incoming signals from the receptors – in this way the nerve knows whether it must grow towards a part of the body or be ...

An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that ...

Of great interest, therefore, is a recent report 8 on 10 patients, under the age of 15, affected by a sixth-nerve palsy of three to six weeks' duration. The authors postulate a virus as the cause ...

Duane syndrome is a congenital eye movement disorder that causes eye muscles to contract and relax when they should not. It develops in the womb where it affects nerve growth in the eye.