Role of orthoptic treatment in the management of intermittent exotropia.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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1992 Jul-Sep; 40(3): 83-5
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-72299
ABSTRACT
30 patients of intermittent ACDS were studied prospectively for a period of 8 weeks to 1 year to evaluate the role of orthoptics in the management of these cases. In patients with convergence insufficiency and a maximum deviation of 25 PD or less the orthoptic treatment was found to be effective in offering symptomatic relief and improving binocular functional status. A reduction in the maximum angle of deviation by 4 PD to 8 PD was observed in 4 patients. Even though the basic angle of deviation remained unchanged in most of the patients, significant functional and symptomatic improvement was obtained in 64% to 85.7% of these cases. The long term stability of these results remains to be studied. In patients with a deviation of more than 25 PD there was no significant improvement in symptoms or reduction in maximum angle of deviation. In 6(37.5%) of these patients some improvement in the fusional range could be demonstrated on the synoptophore without any symptomatic relief.
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Main subject:
Orthoptics
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Vision, Binocular
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Exotropia
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Prospective Studies
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Adolescent
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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