ArticleBMC ophthalmology2020
Risk factors for excessive postoperative exo-drift after unilateral lateral rectus muscle recession and medial rectus muscle resection for intermittent exotropia.
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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
- Orthoptic Treatment After Strabismus Surgery in Child Intermittent Divergent Strabismus.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- One-Month-Old Rabbits Exhibit a Longer Postoperative Remodeling in Extraocular Muscles Compared to 3-Month-Old Rabbits.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Impact of Online Video Game-Based Dichoptic Training on Binocular Vision Rehabilitation in Post-surgical Patients with Intermittent Exotropia.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2024Article
- Systemic evaluation of the risk of reoperations in pediatric populations with exotropia and esotropia: nested case-control study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Extraocular muscle resection, recession length and surgery outcome modelling in strabismus treatment: a pilot study.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Study on Binocular Accommodative Function in Children With Different Types of Intermittent Exotropia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo detect significant factors associated with excessive postoperative exo-drift in young patients with intermittent exotropia who had undergone unilateral lateral rectus muscle recession and medial rectus muscle resection.
methodsWe retrospectively examined the records of 64 consecutive patients < 18 years old who underwent surgery between April 2004 and December 2011. We sought risk factors for excessive postoperative exo-drift among patients' demographic and clinical characteristics using univariate and multivariable linear regression analysis.
resultsYounger patients (P = 0.007), and those with larger preoperative exo-deviation at distance (P = 0.033), a lower incidence of peripheral fusion at distance (P = 0.021) or a greater postoperative initial eso-deviation (P = 0.001), were significantly more likely to have an excessive postoperative exo-drift (> 20 prism diopters). Univariate analysis revealed significant associations between excessive postoperative exo-drift and age at surgery (P = 0.004), preoperative exo-deviation at distance (P = 0.017) and postoperative initial eso-deviation at distance (P < 0.001). Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that postoperative initial eso-deviation at distance (P = 0.008) was significantly associated with postoperative exo-drift.
conclusionsPostoperative exodrift in unilateral RR is predicted by the initial postoperative eso-deviation, which may offset the overcorrection. However, the exo-drift is greater in cases with a large preoperative exo-deviation and/or at a younger age, and should be followed carefully.
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