Surgical Results of Intermittent Exotropia.
- Author:
Young Hoon PARK
1
;
Myung Mi KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yongnam University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
initial orthophoria;
intermittent exotropia
- MeSH:
Esotropia;
Exotropia*;
Humans
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1989;30(6):969-974
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To study the results of surgically treated intermittent exotropia, 62 consecutive patients have been followed up for over 6 months. Initial postoperative alignments in all cases were between 10 PD esodeviation and 10 PD exodeviation. Six months after surgery, 85.5% of initial postoperative alignment within 10 PD to either side remained satisfactory, as did 85% of initial orthophoria. Persisting overcorrections without fusion occurred in 1.6%, while under corrections of 15 PD or more occurred in 3.2%. A satisfactory result could be obtained through alignment of 0 +/- 10 PD immediately after operation.
