SR and LR Union Suture for the Treatment of Myopic Strabismus Fixus: Is Scleral Fixation Necessary?

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and postoperative clinical outcomes between scleral fixation and nonscleral fixation groups.

	Scleral fixation group	Nonscleral fixation group	value
Baseline characteristics
Sex (M : F) ()	1 : 1	1 : 3	0.17^a
Age (year) ()	65.00 ± SD 16.44	68.84 ± SD 8.19	0.88^b
Previous squint operations () (None : previous procedure)	1 : 1	4 : 1	0.11^a
Axial length (mm) ()	30.40 ± SD 2.08	31.71 ± SD 2.05	0.23^b
Concurrent MR surgery (absent/present) ()	1 : 9	1 : 3	0.33^a
Follow-up (year) ()	2.00 ± SD 1.45	3.63 ± SD 2.32	0.19^b
Preoperative horizontal deviation (PD) ()	72.5 ± SD 26.90	85.15 ± SD 22.34	0.19^b
Preoperative vertical deviation (PD) ()	17.50 ± SD 10.61	28.33 ± SD 18.93	0.56^b
Postoperative clinical outcomes
Postoperative horizontal deviation
1 week (PD) ()	9.42 ± SD 14.22	5.37 ± SD 33.33	0.71^b
3 months (PD) ()	10.00 ± SD 17.32	5.79 ± SD 34.07	0.96^b
12 months (PD) ()	13.57 ± SD 20.15	5.05 ± SD 33.91	0.39^b
Postoperative vertical deviation
3 months (PD) ()	−1.25 ± SD 13.00	3.80 ± SD 6.58	0.88^b
Change in horizontal ocular deviation
1 week (PD) (	59.86 ± SD 21.99	81.63 ± SD 39.60	0.29^b
3 months (PD) ()	59.29 ± SD 20.90	81.21 ± SD 39.36	0.27^b
12 months (PD) ()	55.71 ± SD 21.88	81.95 ± SD 38.97	0.06^b
% of surgical success
1 week (%) ()	70.0	65.0	0.78^a
3 months (%) ()	70.0	60.0	0.59^a
12 months (%) ()	71.4	73.7	0.91^a

^aChi-square test; ^bMann-Whitney test.