Table 3.

Comparison of results of VRT (reported in literature) and SRT (present study) for treatment of esotropia in Duane syndrome.

Duane Syndrome	VRT (n=64) Rosenbaum et al15		VRT (n=38) Yazdian et al10		SRT+MRc (n=10) Present study
	Pre op	Post op	Pre op	Post op	Pre op	Post op
Head turn (mean degrees)	20	5	38	12	24	3
Esotropia (mean PD)	19	6	32	9	37	10
Abduction (mean change)	−3.8	−2.7 (29%)	−4	−2	−4	−2 (50%)
Average postoperative follow-up (months)	11		18		8
Induced vertical deviation	5/64		3/38		0/10

VRT, vertical rectus muscle transposition; SRT, superior rectus muscle transposition; MRc, medial rectus muscle recession.