Session: Poster session C

The Comparison Of Three Muscle Strenghthening Surgery Methods

INTRODUCTION: Resection, plication and reinforsed plication operations are used for strenghtening procedure in strabismus surgery. our aim for this study to compare the results of these surgeries.

METHOD: The files of 10 patients who had one eye operated on by the same surgeon due to horizontal deviation and who used resection as a muscle strengthening technique, 10 patients who used the plication, and 10 patients who used reinforced plication were evaluated retrospectively. Before the operation, patients underwent anterior and posterior segment examinations as well as a detailed strabismus examination. Strabismus examinations performed postop1st day and It was repeated at first month and 6th. months.

SPSS for windows 20 program was used for statistical evaluation of the results.

RESULTS: The preoperative deviation amount of the patients, who underwent resection and plication, were between 35-45 pd, with an average of 38.4± 9.6 pd, and this post-operative value was found to be 2.7±6.1 pd. Except for two patients who underwent the reinforced plication as a second operation, all was applied as the first operation. In this group, the deviation amount were recorded as 30-60 pd preoperatively, an average of 42.2± 14.0 pd, and 3.2±7.4 postoperatively.

CONCLUSION: As a result of our study, all techniques were found to be effective, and reinforced plication was also effective in larger deviations. Working with larger series will help determine the real effects.