Main finding: Children operated on early had better gross stereopsis at age six compared to children operated on late, though the former group underwent more operations.
Purpose: To compare early vs late surgery in infantile esotropia
Type: Non-randomized clinical trial
Condition: Congenital esotropia
Participants: Infantile, convergent strabismus presenting at 6-18 months of age
n=231
Intervention:
Group 1: Early surgery (at 6-24 months of age)
Group 2: Late surgery (at 32-60 months of age)
Early surgery
Late surgery
Recognition of titmus fly at age 6
13.5%
3.9%
Stereopsis beyond titmus fly at age 6
3.0%
3.9%
Number of operations
1.18
0.99
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