comparing the motor alignment and the incidence of postoperative esotropia following the correction of intermittent exotropia in children below 7 years by bilateral lateral rectus recession using the standard recession tables postulated by Parks versus correction using a reduced recession by one millimeter
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
100
Bilateral lateral rectus muscle recession will be performed through fornix approach using standard tables
Bilateral lateral rectus muscle recession will be performed through fornix approach using reduced numbers
Faculty of Medicine Cairo university
Cairo, Egypt
RECRUITINGMotor success rate
Number of patients with orthophoria (8 PD exophoria to 4 PD esophoria)
Time frame: 6 months
Pattern strabismus
Number of patients who develop pattern strabismus
Time frame: 6 months
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