Bilateral and Unilateral Horizontal Strabismus Surgery

Minia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Strabismus

Treatments: Procedure: symmetrical and asymmetrical horizontal strabismus surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04199286

Minia University Hospital

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was done in alternating strabismus patients to compare symmetrical muscle surgery and asymmetrical one as regard efficacy and lateral incomitance after surgery

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 28 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• more than 3 years old.
• alternating esotropia or exotropia

Exclusion criteria

• unilateral strabismus
• paralytic or restrictive strabismus

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Asymmetrical surgery

Active Comparator group

Description:

This asymmetrical horizontal muscle surgery done as recess-resect in one eye or 3 muscle surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: symmetrical and asymmetrical horizontal strabismus surgery

Symmetrical

Active Comparator group

Description:

This symmetrical horizontal muscle surgery includes bilateral medial rectus recession in esotropia cases or bilateral lateral rectus recession in exotropia

Treatment:

Procedure: symmetrical and asymmetrical horizontal strabismus surgery