EXTENT OF IMPROVEMENT IN BINOCULARITY AND STEREOPSIS IN CONSTANT CONCOMITANT HORIZONTAL STRABISMUS AFTER SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE POSTOPERATIVE OCULAR ALIGNMENT
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
BACKGROUND The gradual decrease in binocularity and stereopsis in patients with concomitant strabismus decreases the depth perception of the patients and adversely affects the reading speed and the motor dexterity skills of the individuals. It had been observed earlier that early management is necessary to help patients regain their binocularity, but recent studies indicate that binocularity and stereopsis may improve in these patients even if they are treated later in life, provided they are managed well. Hence, we undertook this study to determine the extent of improvement in binocularity and stereopsis in patients with long-standing large angle constant concomitant horizontal strabismus after surgical management after the age of 16 years and its association with the postoperative alignment. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective clinical trial was conducted in 30 patients with constant concomitant horizontal strabismus of more than 25 prism dioptres who presented after the age of 16 years. Binocularity and stereopsis were measured in the patients with the help of Worth 4-dot test, synoptophore, Lang II test plate, Randot test plates and TNO test plates. The measurements were done preoperatively and 6 weeks after surgical treatment. The changes in the measurements were associated with the postoperative alignment. RESULTS Preoperatively, the patients demonstrated either alternating or unilateral suppression with no measurable stereopsis. Postoperatively, satisfactory surgical alignment defined as tropia less than or equal to 8 Prism Dioptres (PD) was achieved in 23 (76.6%) of the patients. 19 (63.3%) patients achieved binocularity on Worth 4- dot test and synaptophore, but alternating or unilateral suppression was still present in 11 (36.6%) of the patients. 17 (56.6%) of the 30 patients achieved stereopsis on Lang II, Randot and TNO test plates. Development of stereopsis was associated with postoperative alignment with 16 (69.5%) of the 23 satisfactorily aligned patients and only 1 (14.3%) of the 7 patients with a residual deviation of ≥10PD achieving stereopsis. CONCLUSION Significant improvement in binocularity and stereopsis can be achieved in patients with long-standing large angle constant concomitant horizontal strabismus after surgical management even after the age of 16 years and the development of binocularity and stereopsis is associated with the final postoperative alignment.
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Vandana Kohli, Bharat Mehta, Sandeep Kumar, Sharad Sahu
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