The Relationship of Age and Other Baseline Factors to Outcome of Initial Surgery for Intermittent Exotropia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether age at surgery is associated with surgical outcome of intermittent exotropia (IXT) at 3 years.

Design

Secondary analysis of pooled data from a randomized trial.

Methods

A total of 197 children 3 to <11 years of age with basic-type IXT of 15-40 prism diopters (Δ) were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 surgical procedures for treatment of intermittent exotropia. Masked examinations were conducted every 6 months for 3 years. The primary outcome was suboptimal surgical outcome by 3 years, defined as constant or intermittent exotropia of ≥10 Δ at distance or near by simultaneous prism and cover test (SPCT); constant esotropia of ≥6 Δ at distance or near by SPCT; or decrease in near stereoacuity of ≥2 octaves, at any masked examination; or reoperation

SUBMITTER: Repka MX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7137095 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature