A randomised comparison of bilateral recession vs. unilateral recession-resection as surgery for infantile esotropia

Jan Roelof Polling (1) , Marinus J C Eijkemans (1) , Joachim Esser (2) , Ute Gilles (3) , Gerold H Kolling (4) , Elisabeth Schulz (5) , Birgit Lorenz (6) , Peter Roggenkämper (7) , Volkert Herzau (8) , Alina Zubcov (9) , Marcel P M ten Tusscher (10) , Dienke Wittebol-Post (11) , Gabriele C Gusek-Schneider (12) , Johannes R M Cruysberg (13) , Huibert J Simonsz (1)

1 Erasmus MC - Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam]
2 Zentrum für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Essen
3 Eye Clinic / Ophthalmological Clinic of the University Medical Center, Freiburg
4 Augenklinik der Universität Heidelberg
5 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde
6 Dept of Paediatric Ophthalmology,Strabismology and Ophthalmogenetics, Universitaetskl. Regensburg
7 Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn
8 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen
9 Zentrum der Augenheilkunde, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
10 AZM, Departement of Ophthalmology, Maastricht
11 UMC Utrecht, Ophthalmology
12 Universitätsklinikum, Augenklinik, Erlangen
13 Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen

Infantile esotropia, a common form of strabismus, is treated either by bilateral recession (BR) or unilateral recession-resection (RR). Differences in degree of alignment achieved by these two procedures have never been examined in a randomised controlled trial.

Mots clés: Muscles; Treatment Surgery; Clinical Trial; Child health (paediatrics); Infantile esotropia; Paediatric ophthalmology; Strabismus surgery

Jan Roelof Polling, Marinus J C Eijkemans, Joachim Esser, Ute Gilles, Gerold H Kolling, et al.. A randomised comparison of bilateral recession vs. unilateral recession-resection as surgery for infantile esotropia. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009, 93 (7), pp.954-n/a. ⟨10.1136/bjo.2008.149658⟩. ⟨hal-00477823⟩