The Evaluation of Office Control in Intermittent Exotropia: A Systematic Approach

Abstract

Introduction

The clinical assessment of control in childhood intermittent exotropia is difficult to characterize and document. Yet the quality of control often dictates when to proceed with treatment for X(T).

Methods

A prospective method to evaluate and document control in children with X(T) is presented, utilizing the timeliness of the recovery of fusion after brief and prolonged binocular dissociation.

Conclusion

This assessment provides a method to systematically observe, describe, and document the control of X(T) in an office setting.

• intermittent exotropia
• fixation preference
• fusion