Management of Consecutive Exotropia

Minia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Divergent Strabismus; Strabismus; Concomitant Squint

Treatments: Procedure: Strabismus surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04961021

Strabismus

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with consecutive exotropia will be managed by medial rectus muscle advancement +/- resection or medial rectus muscle advancement +/- lateral rectus recession

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with consecutive exotropia.
• Eight years old or more.
• Cooperative patients.

Exclusion criteria

• Adduction deficit.
• Mental disability.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Medial rectus advancement with resection

Active Comparator group

Description:

Surgery will be done to strengthen the medial rectus muscle with resection and anterior displacement again to the original insertion site 5 mm from limbus

Treatment:

Procedure: Strabismus surgery

Medial rectus advancement with lateral rectus recession

Active Comparator group

Description:

Surgery will be done to strengthen the medial rectus muscle with anterior displacement again to the original insertion site 4- 5 mm from limbus with weakening procedure to the lateral rectus muscle at the same time

Treatment:

Procedure: Strabismus surgery