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. 2013 Aug 2;27(10):1188–1195. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.167

Table 2. The pre- and postoperative data of patients who underwent only vertical rectus transposition surgery augmented with Foster suture for Duane syndrome or sixth nerve palsy, with their distribution according to the time of the postoperative data collection.

  Duane syndrome
Sixth nerve palsy
  No. of patients (n) Mean esotropia (pd) Mean abduction No. of patients (n) Mean esotropia (pd) Mean abduction
Pre-op 34 29.8±8.3 −3.8±0.4 37 42.05±7.4 −3.9±0.4
Post-op
 1 month 34 0.74±0.1 −2.2±0.1 37 0.95±0.07 −1.8±0.7
 6 months 34 1.47±0.4 −2.2±0.06 37 0.10±0.03 −1.8±0.1
 1 year 34 1.31±0.3 −2.2±0.3 37 0.57±0.01 −1.6±0.9
 2 years 27 0.40±0.03 −2.1±0.8 32 0.60±0.02 −1.7±0.3
 3 years 21 1.62±0.08 −2.3±0.4 26 0.65±0.04 −1.8±0.4
 4 years 16 1.01±0.2 −2.5±0.5 22 0.71±0.08 −1.7±0.6

Abbreviations: No., number; pd, prism diopter; post-op, postoperative; pre-op, preoperative.