A COMPARISON OF SURGICAL RESULTS BETWEEN SENSORY CHANGES IN INTERMITTENT EXOTROPIA

Thirty-eight patients with diplopia were compared with 27 others with suppression sensory change in intermittent exotropia to the influence on surgical success. The age distribution of the dipolpia patients ran ged from 3 to 21 years (mean, 4.5). The follow-up period ranged from 2 to 20 months (mean, 5.3). The suppression patients ranged in age from 4 to 21 years (mean, 11.5). The follow-up period ranged from 2 to 18 months (mean, 6.5). Postoperative results in 35 of 38 diplopia patient s (92%) were successful, whereas 20 of the 27 suppression patients (74 %) had good results. The type of sensory changes that necessitates sur gery and has a significant influence on surgical success has been foun d. For more successful results, surgery should be performed during the sensory change of diplopia rather than during suppression.