title: [Diplopia frequency as a result of the surgical treatment of concomitant squint].
abstract: Postoperative diplopia in cases of congenital strabismus or early onset occured in 5% of patients operated on in 1977. We cannot calculate the frequency of diplopia in children operated on up to the age of 9 years old (290 cases) since no child suffered from diplopia. Its incidence-5% (9 out of 177 cases) relates to patients older than 9 years at the time of surgery, 6 patients out of 20 cases with consecutive exotropia complained of diplopia (following revision surgery). Amblyopia - foveal or eccentric fixation-alone seems to be a less important risk than consecutive exotropia. Preoperative wearing of prism to compensate the objective angle of squint over a few days can reduce but not exclude the general risk of postoperative diplopia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004172:Diplopia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004948:Esotropia / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012306:Risk; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Die Diplopie-Hüfigkeit im Rahmen der operativen Behandlung des Begleitschielens.