Eye Fixation in Patients with Dissociated Vertical Diviation.
10.3341/jkos.2014.55.6.882
- Author:
Ji Eob KIM
1
;
Jong Hyuck LEE
;
Sang Hoon RAH
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. shrah@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Dissociated vertical deviation (DVD);
Fixating eye
- MeSH:
Humans;
Medical Records;
Ophthalmology;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2014;55(6):882-886
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To clinically determine the proportion of people with a fixed dissociating eye in patients with dissociated vertical deviation (DVD). METHODS: Medical records of 86 patients diagnosed with DVD in our department of ophthalmology from 2001 to November 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 71 patients, 25 (35.21%) showed a higher degree of dissociation in the fixating eye, 26 (36.62%) had higher dissociation in the non-fixating eye; 20 of 25 patients with a higher level of dissociation in the fixating eye and 22 of 26 patients with a higher level of dissociation in the non-fixating eye received surgical correction for DVD, such as superior rectus muscle recession or inferior oblique muscle anterior transposition. CONCLUSIONS: In DVD, the proportion of patients showing a higher level of dissociation in the fixating eye was significant. Patients with DVD require thorough evaluation; measurement of the level of dissociation and determination of the fixating eye is beneficial for management and surgical intervention.
