Clinical Study
Surgical Outcome of Medial Rectus Resection in Recurrent Exotropia: A Novel Surgical Formula
Table 1
Preoperative patient characteristics.
| | | UMR resection () | BMR resection () | value |
| | Mean age of onset (years) | 3.4 ± 2.1 | 5.8 ± 5.5 | 0.129 | | Gender: male | 7 (37%) | 9 (41%) | 0.790 | | Mean preoperative deviation at BLR recession | | | | | Near (PD) | 31.2 ± 11.7 (12 to 55) | 45.0 ± 10.6 (25 to 65) | 0.001 | | Distant (PD) | 32.5 ± 10.6 (18 to 55) | 44.1 ± 12.3 (25 to 75) | 0.004 | | Mean age at BLR recession (years) | 7.8 ± 8.6 | 10.5 ± 9.2 | 0.270 | | Mean age at MR resection (years) | 11.5 ± 8.2 | 12.8 ± 9.0 | 0.590 | | Interval between operations (months) | 48.3 ± 29.4 (10 to 144) | 29.1 ± 23.1 (6 to 85) | 0.010 | | Mean preoperative deviation for MR resection | | | | | Near (PD) | 21.9 ± 5.4 (10 to 30) | 36.7 ± 10.5 (18 to 55) | 0.000 | | Distant (PD) | 19.4 ± 3.8 (14 to 25) | 35.5 ± 10.1 (30 to 55) | 0.000 | | Presence of oblique surgery | 6 (31.6%) | 2 (9%) | 0.070 | | Follow-up duration (months) | 20.4 ± 12.5 (6 to 45) | 18.7 ± 13.3 (6 to 46) | 0.517 |
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UMR: unilateral medial rectus; BMR: bilateral medial rectus; PD: prism dioptres; BLR: bilateral lateral rectus; LR: lateral rectus.
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