Long-term outcomes of augmented unilateral recess-resect procedure in children with intermittent exotropia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Initial overcorrection after exotropia surgery has been considered as a desirable result. Recently, there had been several studies that reported better surgical results of augmented bilateral lateral rectus muscle recession procedure over the conventional procedure.

Objectives

To compare the long-term results of augmented unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus resection procedure (RR) with the original surgery in exotropic children.

Data extraction

A retrospective cohort study was performed on a total of 121 children with exotropia who underwent RR from February 2005 to December 2012 and were followed-up for at least 24 months. In 64 patients, RR was performed based on the original surgical table (original RR group). In 57 patients, the amount of

SUBMITTER: Kim JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5630122 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature