J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1999 Dec;40(12):3482-3490.

Clinical Evaluation on the Consecutive Esotropia after Exotropia Surgery

• Lew H
• Lee JB
• Han SH
• Park HS

Abstract

We reviewed the clinical characteristics and surgical results of patients who had consecutive esotropia after exotropia surgery with at least 6 months of follow-up. The number of transient esotropic cases with more than 10 prism diopter postoperatively was 105[9%] in total 1128 cases and persistent esotropic cases at least for six months after surgery was 24[2%]. Significant correlations were found between the development of consecutive esotropia and the presence of amblyopia[p=0.04], poor stereopsis[p=0.02], suppression of the Worth 4-dot test[p<.01], and recession-resction surgery[p=0.02]. The corrective surgery for consecutive esotropia was performed on 12 cases[1.1%] with unilateral lateral rectus advancement[7 cases], bilateral lateral rectus advancement[3 cases], unilateral medial rectus recession[1 case] and bilateral medial rectus recession[1 case]. All of them showed good results.

Keyword

Consecutive esotropia; Correlation; Intermittent exotropia

MeSH Terms

Esotropia*
Exotropia*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans