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Table 1 Patient Characteristics and surgical complications

From: Surgical outcomes of three different weakening procedures of inferior oblique muscle in the treatment of unilateral superior oblique palsy

Parameter

IOM

(no.24)

IORAT

(no.19)

IOAT

(no.22)

Pvalue

Age at time of surgery (years) Median (IQR)

11.0 (7.3–19.5)

12.0 (8.0–15.0)

10.0 (6.8–11.5)

0.36†

Length of follow up (months) Median (IQR)

7.0 (6.0–12.75)

9.0 (8.0–13.0)

8.5 (7.0–13.0)

0.34 †

Right /left eye

14/10

13/6

17/5

0.39 *

Male/female gender

13/11

11/8

6/16

0.089*

Congenital/acquired

19/5

16/3

19/3

0.91 F

Pre-op head tilt (no., %)

21 (87.5)

16 (84.2)

19 (86.4)

1.0 F

Residual post-op head tilt (no., %)

13 (61.9)

9 (56.2)

12 (63.1)

0..907*

Anti-elevation syndrome (no., %)

1 (4%)

6(31%)

3 (13%)

< 0.045* §

  1. IOM inferior oblique myectomy group, IORAT inferior oblique combined resection-anterior transposition group, IOAT inferior oblique anterior transposition, IQR inter quartile range, no. number of cases
  2. † P value by Kruskal Wallis test, * P value by Pearson Chi-Square, F;p value of Fisher’s exact test,§; significant p value