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Table 3 Amounts of exodrift at distance and near after surgery based on the postoperative 1 day

From: Surgical outcomes of adjustment on recessed lateral rectus muscle versus resected medial rectus muscle for intermittent exotropia

 

LR-Adj group

MR-Adj group

P—value a

Angle measurement at distance (PD)

  1 day to 1 week

7.8 ± 6.3

6.8 ± 4.7

0.590

  1 day to 1 month

11.0 ± 7.6

10.1 ± 6.2

0.634

  1 day to 4 months

11.2 ± 8.4

11.6 ± 6.4

0.762

  1 day to 10 months

11.9 ± 9.1

11.8 ± 6.4

0.995

  1 day to 18 months

12.3 ± 8.8

13.9 ± 6.1

0.770

Angle measurement at near (PD)

  1 day to 1 week

6.7 ± 7.8

4.0 ± 5.5

0.417

  1 day to 1 month

10.4 ± 9.9

4.0 ± 6.7

0.010*

  1 day to 4 months

10.8 ± 8.9

6.1 ± 6.8

0.069

  1 day to 10 months

11.0 ± 9.4

7.0 ± 8.1

0.163

  1 day to 18 months

11.2 ± 8.7

7.9 ± 7.7

0.221

  1. All measurement data are presented as means ± standard deviations
  2. a Independent t test with Bonferroni correction
  3. Significant differences are denoted by asterisk (*)
  4. LR-Adj group Adjustment on recessed lateral rectus group, MR-Adj group Adjustment on resected medial rectus group, PD Prism diopter
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