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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the group F and S

From: The fast exodrift after the first surgical treatment of exotropia and its correlation with surgical outcome of second surgery

 

Group F

(n = 68)

Group S

(n = 38)

p-value

Gender (male: female)

30: 38

16: 22

0.503

Age at onset of exotropia, mo

21.3 ± 16.8 (65/68)

23.0 ± 13.5 (34/38)

0.617

Operated eye at first surgery (right: left)

32:36

18:20

0.568

First surgery

 Age at first surgery, yr

5.2 ± 1.6 (3–12)

5.3 ± 4.1 (3–29)

0.781

 Preoperative distance deviation, PD

33.1 ± 5.1 (25–50)

32.7 ± 5.2 (25–50)

0.736

 Preoperative near deviation, PD

33.4 ± 4.8 (25–50)

33.5 ± 5.6 (25–50)

0.926

 SE refractive errors at first surgery, D

  Right eye

− 0.13 ± 0.95

−0.32 ± 1.03

0.349

  Left eye

−0.17 ± 1.04

−0.22 ± 1.05

0.807

 Immediate postoperative deviation, PD

2.5 ± 3.3 (−4 to 10)

−0.4 ± 3.2 (−9 to 6)

<  0.001

 6 months postoperatively deviation, PD

15.5 ± 3.9 (12–25)

6.3 ± 3.5 (0–10)

< 0.001

Interval from first to second surgery, mo

63.0 ± 19.0

(31–151)

80.0 ± 35.8

(33–202)

0.009

Second surgery

 Age at second surgery, yr

8.3 ± 2.1

10.2 ± 5.8

0.059

 Preoperative distance deviation, PD

27.3 ± 3.2 (20–35)

27.9 ± 3.7 (23–35)

0.390

 Preoperative near deviation, PD

28.0 ± 3.7 (20–35)

28.2 ± 3.7 (23–35)

0.815

 SE refractive errors at second surgery, D

  Right eye

−0.97 ± 1.79

− 1.53 ± 2.12

0.150

  Left eye

−0.93 ± 1.57

−1.64 ± 2.31

0.094

Result of stereotest

 Lang I test, passed, (%)

56/66, (84.8)

32/36, (88.89)

0.256

 Stereo Fly Stereotest ≤800 arcsec

20/25

11/14

0.611

  1. Group F = patients with recurrent exotropia who exhibited fast exodrift (> 10 prism diopters [PD] before postoperative month 6) after the first surgery, Group S = patients with recurrent exotropia who exhibited slow exodrift (≤10 PD before postoperative month 6) after the first surgery, PD prism diopters, D dioptersm, SE spherical equivalent; arcsec; arcsecond