ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2017
Comparative study of plication-recession versus resection-recession in unilateral surgery for intermittent exotropia.
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- Contrast Agent and Molecular Imaging Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Effect of Intelligent Image Sensor Combined with Visual Training in the Treatment of Children with Intermittent Exotropia in China.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluation of reinforced plication as an alternative to resection in exotropia.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022Trial
- Comparison of medial rectus resection and plication in exotropic patients.International ophthalmology · 2021Trial
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- Early postoperative alignment as a predictor of recurrence after unilateral recession-plication for basic-type intermittent exotropia in children.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
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- Efficacy of transposition of plicated medial rectus muscles in the treatment of A- or V- pattern exotropia (An Egyptian comparative study).Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Plication or resection combined with antagonist recession in horizontal strabismus.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2024Article
- Analysis of temporal changes in thickness from conjunctiva to sclera after plication of the medial rectus muscle measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2023Observational
- Clinical features of Helveston syndrome and discussion of individualized surgical design.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
- Comitant strabismus etiology: extraocular muscle integrity and central nervous system involvement-a narrative review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Review
- Sliding shape extraocular muscle transposition with plication: Long-term results.International ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Plication versus Resection in Horizontal Strabismus Surgery: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Journal of ophthalmology · 2020Review
- Long-term outcomes of bilateral lateral rectus recession versus unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus plication in children with basic type intermittent exotropia.Eye (London, England) · 2019Article
- Relation between early postoperative deviation and long-term outcome after unilateral lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection for adult exotropia.International journal of ophthalmology · 2018Article
- A cohort study of exodrift following the recession-plication technique for the treatment of basic type intermittent exotropia in children.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
purposePlication is a muscle-strengthening procedure in which a muscle is not dissected from its point of insertion. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of plication-recession (PR) with those of resection-recession (RR) in adult patients with intermittent exotropia (XT).
methodsPatients with XT who underwent either PR or RR with a minimum postoperative follow-up of 12 months were retrospectively reviewed. Postoperative mean distance deviation and surgical outcomes were compared at 1 week and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, and at the final follow-up. A successful outcome was defined as esophoria or esotropia ≤5 PD (prism diopters) to exophoria or exotropia ≤10 PD.
resultsForty-five patients underwent PR and 43 underwent RR. The mean preoperative distance deviation was 40.1 ± 12.9 PD in the PR group and 40.0 ± 14.9 PD in the RR group (P = 0.96). Mean follow-up was 21.0 ± 7.6 months for PR and 24.0 ± 8.6 months for RR (P = 0.08). The mean postoperative distance deviation at 12 months was 8.3 ± 7.4 PD for PR and 9.9 ± 9.6 PD for RR (P = 0.38). PR had a significantly better outcome than RR at 1 week (PR 89%; RR 72%; P = 0.04), but there was no difference between PR and RR at 12 months (PR 67%; RR 60%; P = 0.50).
conclusionPR and RR achieved comparable distance deviation and success rates at 12 months. PR had a better short-term success rate, and might prevent postoperative diplopia caused by overcorrection.
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