Lateral Rectus Muscle and Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (AS-OCT) in Two Recession Surgeries

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Intermittent Exotropia

Treatments: Procedure: lateral rectus recession (bilateral)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02450162

2015-02-115

Details and patient eligibility

About

• Background and study aims : The investigators conducted this study to compare the movement of extraocular muscle after two types of recession surgery with non-invasive tool called AS-OCT.
• Who can participate? patients who will undergo two types (conventional method and hang-back method) of typical bilateral lateral rectus recession surgery for correcting intermittent exotropia
• What does the study involve? Volunteers will attend a clinic for four visits over three months. They will undergo AS-OCT at every visits during follow up period. AS-OCT is non-invasive test to evaluate operation site. The test only requires their cooperation when they undergo AS-OCT.
• What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? This is non-invasive test for your postoperative follow up. Therefore, there will be no risks about this test.
• Where is the study run from? Samsung Medical Center
• When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for? From April 2015 to Dec 2015

Full description

This study is a following study of our prior study about AS-OCT in strabismus. The aim of this study is to compare the longitudinal changes of lateral rectus (LR) muscle insertion between two types of bilateral recession surgery. An AS-OCT scan of the LR muscle was performed every visits. Data on gender, age, degree of deviation (prism diopter), and spur-LR insertion distance using AS-OCT were collected at postoperative months 1,3 in each group.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who will undergo bilateral lateral rectus recession surgery for correcting intermittent exotropia

Exclusion criteria

• previous ocular surgery
• other ocular diseases except intermittent exotropia
• amblyopia

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

conventional lateral rectus recession

Description:

This is the standard technique for recession with two single-armed sutures.Exposure of the rectus muscle insertion includes freeing the insertion and proximal muscle borders sufficiently to place the sutures. And the needle is passed through the tendon avoiding the anterior ciliary arteries. If the sutures are passed as shown a true knot is formed, and the muscle is detached. Then a caliper measures from the limbus or the original insertion. A passage of the needle through sclera. The recessed muscle is ideally parallel to the old insertion (or nearly so). Conjunctival incision was finally sutured.

Treatment:

Procedure: lateral rectus recession (bilateral)

hang-back lateral rectus recession

Description:

The hang-back recession has been described as "a simple, safe alternative to conventional recession." The procedure is said to be less likely to result in scleral perforation because needles are placed through relatively thicker sclera near the insertion site. It is the modified techique for recession with one double-armed sutures.

Treatment:

Procedure: lateral rectus recession (bilateral)