Bilateral and Unilateral Horizontal Strabismus Surgery

N/ACompletedNCT04199286

Minia University40 enrolled

Overview

This study was done in alternating strabismus patients to compare symmetrical muscle surgery and asymmetrical one as regard efficacy and lateral incomitance after surgery

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Strabismus

Interventions

symmetrical and asymmetrical horizontal strabismus surgeryPROCEDURE

surgery was done on the medial rectus muscle on both eyes, lateral rectus muscle in both eyes or medial and lateral rectus muscle in one eye

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 28 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * more than 3 years old. * alternating esotropia or exotropia Exclusion Criteria: * unilateral strabismus * paralytic or restrictive strabismus

Locations (2)

Faculty of Medicine

Minya, Minya Governorate, Egypt

Mohamed F K Ibrahiem

Minya, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

There was 95% success rate in asymmetrical group compared with 90% in symmetrical one

This result was measured by simultaneous prism cover test and expressed in prism diopter

Time frame: one and half year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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