title: The effect of unilateral medial rectus muscle resection in patients with recurrent exotropia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of unilateral medial rectus muscle resection for recurrent exotropia after bilateral lateral rectus muscle recession for intermittent exotropia
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was made of thirtypatients who underwent unilateral medial rectus resection for recurrent exotropia. All had prior bilateral lateral rectus recession for intermittent exotropia. Data were collected for age, the preoperative deviation, the postoperative deviation at 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and the last visit, and the amount of medial rectus resection performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average preoperative deviation was 27.0+/-3.6 PD. After unilateral medial rectus resection, average deviation at distance was 2.8 PD at postoperative 2 weeks, 4.5 PD at 3 months, 5.1 PD at 6 months and 5.8 PD at last visit. The average deviation corrected per millimeter of medial rectus resection was 3.53+/-0.17 PD/mm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering that deviation angles of recurrent exotropia is smaller than those of primary surgery and the possibility of saving the other medial rectus muscle, unilateral rectus muscle resection could be effective surgical method for recurrent exotropia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Bo Young
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Jung Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005099:Exotropia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D012008:Recurrence; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012189:Retrospective Studies
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