ArticleEye (London, England)2019
Long-term outcomes of bilateral lateral rectus recession versus unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus plication in children with basic type intermittent exotropia.
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- Risk Factors of Residual Exotropia After Surgery in Patients with Intermittent and Sensory Exotropia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Sensory outcome of exotropia surgery in Thailand: a retrospective multicenter study.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Altered static and dynamic functional connectivity in childhood basic-type intermittent exotropia.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Early postoperative alignment and preoperative stereopsis as determinants of success in intermittent exotropia surgery.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of Efficacy and Lateral Gaze Incomitance in Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Surgery for Concomitant Esotropia and Exotropia.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the long-term surgical outcomes between bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR) and unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus plication (RP) in intermittent exotropia.
methodsChildren who underwent BLR or RP for basic type intermittent exotropia between 2015 and 2016 with a minimum follow-up period of 2 years were retrospectively reviewed. Surgical outcomes were classified based on postoperative angle of deviation as follows: success (esodeviation ≤ 5 prism diopters [PD] to exodeviation ≤ 10 PD), and failure (overcorrection [esodeviation > 5 PD] and undercorrection or recurrence [exodeviation > 10 PD]).
resultsOf 144 patients, 90 underwent BLR and 54 underwent RP. The angle of exodeviation of the RP group steadily increased over time after the surgery. The BLR group showed an earlier exodrift and a more stable course compared to the RP group. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a better survival in the BLR group, with final success rates of 48.9% in the BLR group and 25.9% in the RP group after a mean follow-up of 2.2 years. Patients with a successful outcome had greater esodeviation at 1 week postoperatively (at distance 7.6 PD in the BLR group, 11.4 in the RP group).
conclusionsSurgical outcomes were better in the BLR group than in the RP group. The RP group showed higher rates of recurrence of exodeviation, while the BLR group presented a more stable course. Establishing more esodeviation at postoperative week 1 in the RP group compared to the BLR group would be required to achieve successful results.
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