Ha SG, Kim SH. Early postoperative overcorrection in recurrent exotropia.
Can J Ophthalmol 2017;
52:611-615. [PMID:
29217031 DOI:
10.1016/j.jcjo.2017.05.015]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the surgical outcome according to the angle of deviation at postoperative day 1 in patients with recurrent exotropia DESIGN: Retrospective case series METHODS: Surgical outcome in patients with recurrent exotropia for at least 1 year was analyzed retrospectively. Patients were divided into 3 subgroups according to the angle of deviation at postoperative day 1: overcorrection group (≥2 prism diopter [PD] of esodeviation), orthotropic group (orthotropia or <5 PD of exodeviation), and undercorrection group (≥5 PD of exodeviation). Success was defined as ≤5 PD of esodeviation or ≤10 PD of exodeviation at the final visit.
RESULTS
One hundred and six patients were included in this study. Age at surgery was 11.8 ± 6.9 years, and preoperative angle of deviation was 22.9 ± 6.3 PD at distant. Patients were followed-up for 24.4 ± 12.8 months. There were 20 (18.9%), 82 (77.4%), and 4 (3.8%) patients in overcorrection, orthotropic, and undercorrection groups at postoperative day 1 (p = 0.001). The surgical success rate at the final visit in the overcorrection group (95%) was higher than that in orthotropic and undercorrection groups (76.8% and 25%, respectively, p = 0.004). In univariate regression analysis, overcorrection at postoperative day 1 was the only reliable factor for long-term success (odds ratio [OR] = 24.101, p = 0.01).
CONCLUSION
Overcorrection at postoperative day 1 is a good surgical predictor of successful outcome in surgery for recurrent exotropia.
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