Rates of Reoperation and Abnormal Binocularity Following Strabismus Surgery in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine predictors of reoperation and abnormal binocularity outcomes (including amblyopia and diplopia) following pediatric strabismus surgery.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Methods

setting: Review of a national insurance database.

Study population

Children under age 18 years having strabismus procedures between 2007 and 2013.

Interventions

Adjustable- or fixed-suture strabismus surgery, or botulinum toxin injection.

Outcome measures

Reoperation or diagnosis of abnormal binocularity in the first postoperative year.

Results

Of 11 115 children having strabismus procedures, 851 (7.7%) underwent reoperation. The reoperation rate was 7.4% for fixed-suture surgeries, 9.6% for adjustable-suture surgeries (P = .18), and 4

SUBMITTER: Leffler CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4729614 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature