Table 1.
Demographics and surgical approach of the studied groups
| Group I (n = 29 patients, 58 eyes) |
Group II (n = 24 patients, 48 eyes) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 11 | 13.5 | 0.122a |
| Median (minimum,maxmum) | (8 ~ 38) | (9 ~ 52) | |
| Gender (no., %) | 0.707b | ||
| Male | 16 (55%) | 12 (50%) | |
| Female | 13 (45%) | 12 (50%) | |
| Mean angle of horizontal exotropia (PD) | |||
| 33 cm | 55.517 ± 28.807 (18 ~ 105) | 55.500 ± 24.686 (25 ~ 100) | 0.998c |
| 6 m | 49.414 ± 28.696 (18 ~ 105) | 53.500 ± 24.456 (25 ~ 98) | 0.584c |
| Surgery approach (no., %) | 1.000d | ||
| IO surgery | 1 (3%) | – | |
| MR/LR + IO surgery | 28 (97%) | 24 (100%) | |
| R-R (n = 16) | R-R (n = 15) | ||
| BLRec (n = 4) | BLRec (n = 3) | ||
| BLRec + UMRes (n = 8) | BLRec + UMRes (n = 6) | ||
BLRec Bilateral lateral rectus recession, UMRes Unilateral medial rectus resection, R-R Unilateral recession and resection. a Mann–Whitney test; b Chi-square test; c t test; d Fisher’s exact test