NCT03768362

Comparison of Medial Rectus Resection and Plication in Exotropic Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Purpose: To determine the surgical outcomes of the plication technique in comparison with the resection method on exotropic patients. Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, a total of 52 exotropic patients (female, 51.9%) who are candidate for medial rectus strengthening will be randomly classified into plication (n=24) and resection (n=28) groups. The comprehensive visual and ocular examinations will be performed on all study subjects and they will be followed- up for three months postoperatively. Plication technique is the same as resection up to muscle suturing, in the next step, the sutures are passed through 2 scleral bites at 1 mm anterior to the muscle insertion, then the muscle was folded toward inside or outside by pulling and joining the sutures.

Conditions

• Exotropia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Plication strabismus surgery	The technique was the same as resection up to muscle suturing, in the next step, the sutures were passed through 2 scleral bites at 1 mm anterior to the muscle insertion, then the muscle was folded toward inside or outside by pulling and joining the sutures. At the end, conjunctiva was repaired by vicryl 8/0.
PROCEDURE	Resection strabismus surgery	resection strabismus surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-02-01
• Completion: 2019-05-01
• First posted: 2018-12-07
• Last updated: 2018-12-07