A randomised comparison of bilateral recession versus unilateral recession-resection as surgery for infantile esotropia
Author(s) -
Jan Roelof Polling,
Marinus J.C. Eijkemans,
J. Esser,
U Gilles,
G. Kolling,
Eduard Schulz,
Birgit Lorenz,
P. Roggenkämper,
Volker Herzau,
Alina A. Zubcov,
M.P.M. ten Tusscher,
D. WittebolPost,
Gabriele C. Gusek-Schneider,
J.R.M. Cruysberg,
Huibert J. Simonsz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
british journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.016
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1468-2079
pISSN - 0007-1161
DOI - 10.1136/bjo.2008.149658
Subject(s) - medicine , strabismus , esotropia , strabismus surgery , surgery , randomized controlled trial , binocular vision , ophthalmology , optics , physics
Infantile esotropia, a common form of strabismus, is treated either by bilateral recession (BR) or by unilateral recession-resection (RR). Differences in degree of alignment achieved by these two procedures have not previously been examined in a randomised controlled trial.
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