Clinical Study
Surgical Outcome of Medial Rectus Resection in Recurrent Exotropia: A Novel Surgical Formula
Table 2
Success rates between unilateral and bilateral medial rectus muscle resection groups at postoperative 1 month and 6 months and at last follow-up.
| | | UMR resection () | BMR resection () | value |
| | Success (%) | | | | | Postoperative 1 week | 19 (100%) | 18 (82%) | 0.05 | | Postoperative 1 month | 18 (95%) | 18 (82%) | 0.115 | | Postoperative 6 months | 13 (68%) | 16 (73%) | 0.763 | | At last follow-upa | 12 (63%) | 16 (73%) | 0.511 | | Undercorrection (exodeviation 10 PD) | | | | | Postoperative 1 week | 0 (0%) | 3 (14%) | | | Postoperative 1 month | 1 (5%) | 3 (14%) | | | Postoperative 6 months | 6 (32%) | 6 (27%) | | | At last follow-up | 7 (37%) | 6 (27%) | | | Overcorrection (esodeviation 5 PD) | | | | | Postoperative 1 week | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | | | Postoperative 1 month | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | | | Postoperative 6 months | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | | At last follow-up | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
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UMR: unilateral medial rectus; BMR: bilateral medial rectus; PD: prism dioptres; amean last follow-up time = 17.5 months ± 12 months (6–46 months).
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