Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of 39 patients with IXT.
Characteristics | |
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Gender: female, male | 14, 25 |
Age at surgery: median (quartiles), years | 7 (5, 9) |
Preoperative deviation at distance: mean ± sd (95% CI), pd | 38.8XT ± 8.5 (35.9–41.7) |
Preoperative deviation at near: mean ± sd (95% CI), pd | 34.4XT ± 10.1 (31.1–37.7) |
Exotropia type | |
Basic | 29 (74.4%) |
Convergence insufficiency | 10 (25.6%) |
Pseudodivergence excess | 0 (0%) |
True divergence excess | 0 (0%) |
Surgical method | |
BLR | 8 (20.5%) |
URR | 28 (71.8%) |
BLR + UR | 3 (7.7%) |
XT = towards exodeviation; BLR = bilateral lateral rectus recession; URR = unliteral lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection; BLR + UR = bilateral lateral rectus recession and unliteral medial rectus resection.