title: Review of surgical results using bilateral lateral rectus recession for the correction of exodeviations.
abstract: The results of bilateral lateral rectus recession as the first procedure for the correction of exodeviations were reviewed. Thirty-six charts met the criteria used in this study. There was an overall success rate of 83% by judging satisfactory surgical results as no more than a 10 diopter esodeviation or exodeviation in the primary position at distance. The success rate for patients with an exodeviation of 40 diopters or less was 93% using our criteria. For exodeviations 45 diopters and greater the success rate was 50%. The factor of basic or divergence excess exodeviations did not seem significant in its correlation to satisfactory surgical results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*