Horizontal Incornitancy After Monocular Recession-Resection Surgery.
- Author:
Seok Joon PARK
1
;
Bong Leen CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fusion;
Horizontal incomitancy;
Recession-resection operation
- MeSH:
Exotropia;
Humans
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1993;34(3):235-238
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Horizontal incomitancy is a difference of deviation angle between right and left gaze and monocular recession-resection operation may cause horizontal incomitancy. We reviewed 85 patients of intermittent exotropia without oblique dysfunction and vertical deviation who underwent monocular recession-resection operation. The preoperative horizontal in comitancy was 1.0 delta in average with a range of 0 delta to 5 delta. The postoperative horizontal incomitancy after 7 months (mean) was 4.8 delta in average with a range of 0 delta to 17 delta. The postoperative remained deviation and horizontal incomitancy were significanty smaller in the group of patients who had fusion with worth 4-dot test (p
