Titanium T-Plate as a Stabilizing Platform in the Management of Acquired Nystagmus and Oscillopsia Without a Null Zone

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 May-Jun;38(3):e89-e92. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002123. Epub 2022 Jan 27.

Abstract

The primary goal of nystagmus treatment is to improve visual function and quality of life. Current surgical interventions are limited by regression of effect, serious complications, and reliance on a null zone. Tse and colleagues in 2017 reported the use of a T-plate/suture fixation platform for globe stabilization to treat acquired nystagmus and oscillopsia without a null zone in a patient with bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia. However, the improvement in nystagmus was not objectively quantified. This case series reports 2 patients who underwent bilateral T-plate placement which resulted in immediate and sustained improvement of nystagmus objectively measured by videonystagmography.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Nystagmus, Pathologic* / surgery
  • Ocular Motility Disorders* / etiology
  • Quality of Life
  • Titanium
  • Vision Disorders / etiology

Substances

  • Titanium