We described the clinical, surgical details and results (motor and sensory) of the retrieving procedure of traumatically avulsed muscles in three patients with no previous history of strabismus or diplopia seen in the Department of Ophthalmology, State University of Campinas, Brazil. The slipped muscle portion was reinserted at the original insertion and under the remaining stump, which was sutured over the reinserted muscle. For all three cases there was recovery of single binocular vision and stereopsis.762124125Plagger, D.A., Parks, M.M., Recognition and repair of the "lost" rectus muscle (1990) A report of 25. cases Ophthalmology, 97 (1), pp. 131-6MacEwen, C.J., Lee, J.P., Fells, P., Aetiology and management of the 'detached' rectus muscle (1992) Br J Ophthalmol, 76 (3), pp. 131-6Knapp, P., Lost muscle (1978), pp. 301-6. , In: Symposium on strabismus: transactions of the New Orleans Academy Ophthalmology. St Louis: CV MosbyApt, L., Isenberg, S.J., The oculocardiac reflex as a surgical aid in identifying a slipped or 'lost' extraocular muscle (1980) Br J Ophthlamol, 64 (5), pp. 362-5Wright, K.W., Discussion (1990) Ophthalmology, 97 (1), pp. 136-7. , discussion on: Plagger DA, Parks MM. Recognition and repair of the "lost" rectus muscle. A report of 25 cases. Ophthalmology. 1990;97(1):131-6Underdahl, J.P., Demer, J.L., Goldberg, R.L., Rosembaum, A.L., Orbital wall Approach with preoperative orbital imaging for identification and retrieval of lost or transected extraocular muscles (2001) J AAPOS, 5 (4), pp. 230-7Greenwald, M.J., Ticho, B.H., Engle, J.M., Extraocular muscle surgery (1993), pp. 11-5. , In Krupin T: Atlas of Complications of Ophthalmic Surgery. London: Wolfe