The Effect of Occlusion Therapy on Overcorrected Monocular Exotropia.

Jin, S J; Rah, S H; Lee, C H

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1997;38(2):308-312.
Published online February 1, 1997.

The Effect of Occlusion Therapy on Overcorrected Monocular Exotropia.

S J Jin, S H Rah, C H Lee

Department of ophthalmology, College of Medicine Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.

단안외사시수술후 과교정된 환자에서 가림치료의 효과

진신정(Jin S.J),라상훈(Rah S.H),이종혁(Lee C.H)

Abstract

From February 1988 to June 1994, we compared deviation angle of between the ones who were operated by occlusion therapy and the ones who were not in 25-25 prism diopters overcorrected patients after operation of monocular exotropia at Wonju christian hospital. After 1 months of the operation in case of occlusion therapy patients(92%) with 12 out of 13 have been stabilized from the deviation angle under 15 prism diopters but no occlusion therapy patients(60%) have been stabilized with 6 out of 10. We thought that occlusion therapy was good method for early decreasing deviation angle and maintaining fusion state in 20-24 prism diopters overcorrected patients after operation of monocular exotropia.

Key Words: monocular exotropia;over correction;occlusion therapy