Pre-operative tability of infantile eotropia and pot-operative outcome

Purpoe To define the prevalence and time coure of ignificant change in angle of deviation during the firt month after the diagnoi of infantile eotropia and to determine whether long-term alignment and enory outcome differ when urgical alignment i performed on infant with table v untable angle of deviation. Deign Propective cohort tudy. Method etting: Intitutional and clinical practice. patient population: Newly diagnoed patient with infantile eotropia (N = 208). obervation procedure: Preoperative meaurement of the angle of deviation on the initial viit and at approximate ix-week interval until urgery wa performed. main outcome meaure: Ocular alignment at ix week, one year, and four year potoperative and tereoacuity at age five to nine year. Reult Overall, 57% of infant had an eodeviation on the econd viit that wa within 10 prim diopter (p.d.) of the deviation meaured on the initial viit (table group), 33% had an increae of 10 p.d. or more (untable group), and 11% had a decreae of 10 p.d. or more. Among the 127 patient with additional preoperative viit, many witched between the table and untable categorie during follow-up. Long-term, table and untable preoperative alignment group had imilar potoperative motor alignment, re-operation rate, rate of precription of hyperopic, or bifocal pectacle correction and tereoacuity. Concluion It may not be neceary to wait for a “table” angle of eodeviation before urgery ince both alignment and enory outcome were imilar for table and untable group.