The Effects of Orthoptic Therapy on the Surgical Outcome in Children with Intermittent Exotropia: Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the clinical effectiveness of orthoptic therapy in the postoperative stabilisation and rehabilitation of binocular function in children with intermittent exotropia (IXT) after surgery.

Methods

This was a prospective, parallel, randomised controlled trial. A total of 136 IXT patients (aged from 7 to 17 years) who had been successfully corrected at 1 month after surgery were enrolled in this study, and 117 patients (58 controls) completed the 12-month follow-up visit. The primary outcome was established as the proportion of patients with suboptimal surgical outcomes, which were defined as: (1) exodeviation ≥10 prism diopters (PD) at distance or near using the simultaneous prism and cover test (SPCT), or (2) constant esotropia ≥6 PD at distance or near usin

SUBMITTER: Xu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9964836 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature