Surgical management of clinically significant hypertropia associated with exotropia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the surgical treatment of hypertropia coexisting with exotropia, with either vertical offset surgery or additional vertical muscle surgery simultaneous to correction of the exotropia.

Methods

A total of 35 patients with exotropia and hypertropia who underwent a horizontal muscle surgery for exotropia were included. To determine efficacy in resolving a vertical deviation in patients with exotropia, 28 patients were compared in 2 groups: those who underwent horizontal muscle surgery with vertical offset and those who underwent horizontal muscle surgery with additional vertical muscle surgery. An additional 7 patients who had exotropia and hypertropia but did not undergo vertically corrective surgery were included for comparison.

Results

Vertical offset

SUBMITTER: Struck MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3068044 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature