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Risk factors for consecutive exotropia after esotropia surgery

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Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate the risk factors in development of postoperative exotropia following bilateral medial rectus (BMR) recession for esotropia.

Methods

108 patients who underwent BMR recession for esotropia between November 1996 and July 2010 were enrolled. 54 patients who required surgery for consecutive exotropia were compared to 54 controls whose angle of deviation showed less than five prism diopters of esotropia at all periods after BMR recession. Amblyopia, dissociated vertical deviation (DVD), refractive error, inferior oblique overaction, and multiple surgery history were evaluated as risk factors for the development of consecutive exotropia. The postoperative changes of angle of deviation were calculated.

Results

Amblyopia was found in 27 patients (50.5 %) in the exotropia group, and in six patients (11.1 %) in the control group (P < 0.001) before esotropia surgery. DVD was detected in 16 (29.06 %) patients in the exotropia group as compared to 4 (7.4 %) in the control group (P = 0.003). With logistic regression analysis, the odds ratio of DVD was 5.27 (95 % CI 1.63–17.03; P = 0.006) and of amblyopia, 8.00 (95 % CI 2.94–21.80; P < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the two groups with regards to the pre-operative deviation, follow up periods, degree of hyperopia, presence of anisometropia or inferior oblique overaction, and history of multiple surgery. Using linear mixed model analysis, the exotropic shift across time was higher in the consecutive exotropia group relative to the controls (P < 0.001).

Conclusions

The presence of amblyopia before esotropia surgery and DVD correlated with risk of consecutive exotropia.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

    So Young Han

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Severance Hospital, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 135-720, Republic of Korea

    So Young Han, Jinu Han, Jong Bok Lee & Sueng-Han Han

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, Republic of Korea

    Soolienah Rhiu

  4. Kong Eye Clnic, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jong Bok Lee

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Han, S.Y., Han, J., Rhiu, S. et al. Risk factors for consecutive exotropia after esotropia surgery. Jpn J Ophthalmol 60, 333–340 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-016-0443-3

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