<prompt> If a muscle is resected what happens?Muscle strength will increaseMuscle will decreaseNo changea or b  <response>: Ans. a Muscle strength will increase. Ref. Parson, Diseases of Eye, 18thpg.348Strengthening procedures for weak muscles of eye iin a patient with squint are1. Resection: Effective pull on muscle is enhanced by making it shorter and is suitable only for recti.2. Advancement: Muscle is disinserted and then reinserted nearer to limbus.3. Tuckingplication: This effectively shortens muscle and is usually reserved for superior oblique muscle in 4th nerve palsy.Approximately 1 mm resectionrecession of mediial rectus corrects about 3 degree of deviation and for lateral rectus about 2 degree. 