New data base program for quality control of strabismus surgery

The authors report on a newly developed data base program for strabismus patients. All relevant preoperative and postoperative information regarding visual sensory data, motility, squinting angle in nine fields of gaze and head position are easily entered into the data base. The program flows easily through data collection. Its use does not require special computer skills. Depending on monitor size, data for each patient is compressed into three or four screens totaling 120 entry fields, 67 of which refer to preoperative and postoperative squint angle. Entry fields flow in a logical manner. Storing capacity is increased by a factor of up to 40 with 28 drop down fields, totaling 271 available entry fields per patient. To enhance easy access of data, no abbreviations have been used.