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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Feb;130(2):195–201. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.384

Table 4.

Comparison of results of VRT (reported in literature) and SRT (present study) for treatment of esotropia in 6th nerve palsy.

6th nerve Palsy VRT (n=24) Yazdian et al10 SRT+MRc (n=7) Present study
Pre op Post op Pre op Post op
Head turn (mean degrees) 24 7 36 5
Esotropia (mean PD) 44.7 12.5 53.5 16.8
Abduction (mean change) −4.2 −2.3 −4.8 −3
Average postoperative follow-up (months) 18 10
Induced vertical deviation 0/24 2/7
Reoperation 6/24 1/7

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