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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroophthalmol. 2013 Mar;33(1):40–44. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318280d630

Table 4.

Factors Associated with Surgical Outcome in Patients with Ocular Myasthenia Gravisa

Successful (N=5) Failure (N=4)
Age (mean, median) 48.1 years 52.0
Sex (F) 1/5 (20%) 4/4 (100%)
Thymectomy 0/4 2/4
AchR Ab 0/3 3/4
Generalized MG after initial presentation 0/4 3/4
(+) Forced Ductions 0/5 4/4
Size of Horizontal Deviation 30 PD 45.8 PD
Size of Vertical Deviation 17.1 PD 36.25 PD
Presence of Initial 2/5 3/4
Horizontal Deviation
Presence of Initial Vertical Deviation 5/5 2/4
Presence of Initial Horizontal and Vertical Deviation 2/5 1/4
a

Treatment failure defined as continued diplopia or deviation beyond 10 PD of orthotropia

F = female; PD = prism diopter

AchR Ab = acetylcholine receptor antibody positive