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The author has no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein. doi:10.3928/01913913-20181212-01 The surgical treatment for complete third nerve palsy has been a constant challenge for even the most experienced pediatric ophthalmologists. With a large and constant exotropia and extreme limitations in most gazes, there are few surgical options. In this issue, Bagheri et al. have described a unique modification of the full tendon medial transposition of the lateral rectus muscle. The overall success rate for this technique was 70% for the horizontal deviation with a mean preoperative exotropia of 84 ± 14.9 prism diopters. The limitations of this study were the small sample size and the relatively short follow-up period. In patients with complete third nerve palsy, a tight lateral rectus muscle makes the medial transposition more difficult. This new technique with the lateral rectus muscle being united with halves of the split medical rectus stump made the transposition easier. Future studies with a larger sample of eyes and longer follow-up will be necessary.