Reduction of Consecutive Esotropia Using Modified Contralateral Recession and Resection for Recurrent Intermittent Exotropia

The most common surgical procedures for intermittent exotropia are unilateral lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection or bilateral lateral rectus recession.1,2 Surgical success rates of exotropia vary from 58% to 79% based on previous studies.3,4 It is common to reoperate on patients with exotropia because recurrence rates tend to increase over time. The surgical treatment for recurrent exotropia depends mainly on the primary surgery.5 Bilateral or unilateral medial rectus resection is performed on patients with a previous bilateral lateral rectus recession. Unilateral lateral

Source: Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - January 30, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Soon Young Cho, MD Source Type: research