Bilateral Recession or Unilateral Recession-Resection as Surgery for Infantile Esotropia (NCT00304577) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Bilateral Recession or Unilateral Recession-Resection as Surgery for Infantile Esotropia
GermanyStarted 1998-01
Plain-language summary
Infantile esotropia is corrected in most cases by bilateral recession of the medial rectus muscles (BR) or by unilateral recession of the medial rectus muscle and resection of the lateral rectus muscle (RR). We compared the outcome of these techniques in a randomized prospective study.
Who can participate
Age range3 Years – 8 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Eligible were all children aged three to eight years with a normal psychophysical development, and onset of esotropia before age one who visited one of the clinics during the study period.
Exclusion Criteria:
* previous strabismus surgery, an angle of strabismus larger than 24° or smaller than 10°, any normal binocular vision, convergence excess with angle of strabismus at near fixation 1.5 times larger than the angle at distance, more than 1 line Logmar acuity difference between the two eyes, hypermetropia over 6 diopters or myopia over 3 diopters, up- or downshoot in (25°) adduction more than 8°, V-pattern (25° up and down gaze) over 8°, A-pattern (25° up and down gaze) over 5° and manifest vertical strabismus over 4°