The relationship between preoperative alignment stability and postoperative motor outcomes in children with esotropia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the effect of preoperative alignment stability on postoperative motor outcomes in children who underwent surgery for esotropia.

Methods

One hundred sixty-seven subjects (68 with infantile esotropia and 99 with acquired esotropia) aged less than 6 years had surgery after completing 18 weeks of follow-up as part of an observational study. Preoperative alignment was classified as stable, uncertain, or unstable, based on measurements taken at baseline and every 6 weeks for 18 weeks. Distance alignment measured by prism and alternate cover test was compared among stability classification groups at 6 weeks and 6 months after surgery.

Results

Among subjects with infantile esotropia, median 6-week postoperative deviation was 2(Delta), 6(Delta), and 2(Delta)

SUBMITTER: Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2728701 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature