Bilateral recession or unilateral recession-resection as surgery for infantile esotropia

Completed

• Conditions: Infantile esotropia; Eye Diseases; Other strabismus

• Registration Number: ISRCTN72461159
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible were all children aged three to eight years (either sex) with a normal psychophysical development, and onset of esotropia before one year of age who visited one of the clinics during the study period.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous strabismus surgery
2. An angle of strabismus larger than 24° or smaller than 10°
3. Any normal binocular vision
4. Convergence excess with angle of strabismus at near fixation 15 times larger than the angle at distance
5. More than 1 line Logmar acuity difference between the two eyes
6. Hypermetropia over 6 diopters or myopia over 3 diopters
7. Up or down shoot in (25°) adduction more than 8°
8. V-pattern (25° up and down gaze) over 8°
9. A-pattern (25° up and down gaze) over 5°
10. Manifest vertical strabismus over 4°

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The variation of the latent angle of strabismus at distance at three months post-operatively between BR and RR.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Reduction of convergence excess (larger angle of strabismus during near vision) <br>2. Binocular vision by means of Bagolini striated glasses