Consecutive Esodeviation … Then What?

Abstract

It has been suggested that initial surgical overcorrection of intermittent exotropia (consecutive esodeviation) is a desired immediate postoperative result. The purpose of this paper is to examine the motor and sensory response to consecutive esodeviation. It was found that patients up until the age of six years are at risk for amblyopia and for totally losing their stereoacuity. The authors recommend frequent postoperative examinations in those patients six years of age and under who present with consecutive esodeviation in order to determine the presence or absence of amblyopia, especially when subjective visual acuity is unattainable.

• exotropia
• consecutive esotropia
• amblyopia