NCT05643456

Surgery for Large Angle Exotropia Two Muscles Versus Three Muscles

Comparison Between The Results Of Operating Two Muscles And Operating Three Muscles For The Treatment Of Large Angle Exotropia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Comparison Between The Results Of Two Muscles Surgery And Three Muscles Surgery For The Treatment Of Large Angle Exotropia

Detailed description

Exotropia is classified as Primary which includes constant and intermittent exotropias. Secondary XT include Sensory and consecutive XT. Management for IXT consists of non-surgical and surgical treatment. There is some controversy regarding the optimal surgical method varying between bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR), unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus resection (RR) and bilateral medial rectus resection (BMR).

Conditions

• Exotropia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	surgery	69 Patients with exotropia of (40-55) PD who are ≥ 5 years old. The 1st group 30 patients had two muscles surgery; bilateral lateral rectus recession. The 2nd group 39 patients had three muscles surgery; bilateral lateral rectus recession and unilateral medial rectus tucking.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-07-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2021-12-30
• First posted: 2022-12-08
• Last updated: 2022-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt