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  • Ophthalmology
  • Strabismus Surgery
  • Pediatric Ophthalmology

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  • Consecutive esotropia can develop after surgical correction of intermittent exotropia.
  • Nonsurgical treatments are often attempted for consecutive esotropia.
  • Identifying risk factors for treatment failure is crucial for optimizing patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate risk factors associated with the failure of nonsurgical treatment in patients with consecutive esotropia.
  • To identify predictors for unsuccessful conservative management of consecutive esotropia post-exotropia surgery.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of 270 patients (90 consecutive esotropia, 180 controls) who underwent surgery for intermittent exotropia (2013-2018).
  • Case-control matching (1:2) comparing patients with failed nonsurgical treatment to those without.
  • Analysis of factors including age at onset/surgery, amblyopia, preoperative deviation, surgical procedure type, and vertical deviations.

Main Results:

  • Univariate analysis revealed significant associations between failed nonsurgical treatment and age at exotropia onset, age at surgery, amblyopia, preoperative deviation, surgical type, and vertical components.
  • Conditional logistic regression identified age under 3 years at surgery and bilateral lateral rectus recession as significant risk factors for consecutive esotropia (p<0.01).

Conclusions:

  • Early surgical intervention (before age 3) and bilateral symmetric procedures are associated with a higher risk of consecutive esotropia.
  • Optimizing preoperative assessment, patient monitoring, and surgical techniques may help mitigate the risk of consecutive esotropia and improve treatment success.