title: Adjustable recessions in horizontal comitant strabismus: A pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the surgical outcome of adjustable with the conventional recession in patients with horizontal comitant strabismus.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective comparative nonrandomized interventional pilot study was performed on patients with horizontal comitant strabismus. Fifty-four patients (27 in each group) were allocated into 2 groups to undergo either adjustable suture (AS) recession or non-AS (NAS) recession along with conventional resection. The patients were followed up for 6 months. A successful outcome was defined as deviation ±10 prism diopters at 6 months. The results were statistically analyzed by Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and Student's t-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A successful outcome was found in 24 (88.8%) patients in AS and 17 (62.9%) in NAS group (P = 0.02). The postoperative adjustment was done in 13 (48.1%) patients in AS group. There was one complication (tenon's cyst) in AS group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AS recession may be considered in all cooperative patients undergoing strabismus surgery for comitant deviations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Vinita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013537:Sutures; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015348:Vision, Binocular