2013, Number S1
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Rev Cub Oftal 2013; 26 (S1)
Correcting infantile esotropia: what should our aims and methods be?
Parsa CF
Language: English
References: 6
Page: 702-703
PDF size: 20.80 Kb.
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This study adds to a growing consensus that earlier surgical correction of infantile strabismus can lead to improved fusional outcomes, with greater stability of ocular alignment. Several factors, however, must be kept in mind. Surgery in the younger infants (i.e., less than 10-12 months of age) may itself be more challenging due to: 1) the greater difficulty clinically in obtaining accurate measurements of misalignment, 2) the misalignment itself may be more variable, sometimes even spontaneously improving in the first several months of life, and 3) the effects of surgery may be less predictable when globes and orbits are still growing rapidly.
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