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Table 4 Comparison of the success group and failure group

From: Factors influencing the result of superior oblique weakening procedures in patients with superior oblique overaction in horizontal strabismus

 

Total

Success group

Failure group

P-value

Sex (M: F) (N = 37)

16: 21

11: 16

5: 5

0.716

Age at operation (months) (N = 37)

91.81 ± 59.37

96.10 ± 38.95

90.22 ± 65.93

0.793

Associated horizontal strabismus (PD) (N = 37)

20.19 ± 18.98

24.51 ± 7.75

16.58 ± 3.19

0.291

SO weakening procedure

(suture spacer: posterior tenectomy)

23: 32

15: 23

8: 9

0.598

Refractive error (spherical equivalent)

0.36 ± 2.34

0.51 ± 3.23

0.30 ± 1.86

0.797

DVD (positive: negative)

23: 32

10: 28

13: 4

< 0.001a

Preoperative SO overaction (+ 0.5 to + 3)

1.59 ± 0.47

1.51 ± 0.47

1.76 ± 0.44

0.670

Torsion (−: intorsion, +: extorsion) degree (N = 43)

−1.23 ± 6.38

0.12 ± 7.29

−3.26 ± 6.59

0.150

  1. PD prism diopters, SO superior oblique, DVD dissociated vertical deviation
  2. ap < 0.05 chi-square test