Comparative Study of Muscle Transplantation Versus Y Splitting Recession Technique in Treatment of Large Angle Exotropia

ConditionExotropia

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age6+

SponsorAin Shams University

About this trial

This study is designed to correct large-angle exotropia by monocular surgery. It compares two augmented recession techniques, which are recession with muscle transplantation and recession with Y splitting.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age should be of more than 6 years Exotropia of an angle ranging from 50 to 70 PD Myopic or hypermetropic refraction

Disqualifiers

history of previous squint surgery significant vertical deviation incomitant squint in the form of paralytic or restrictive disorder any neurological disease

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

muscle transplantation
Y splitting

Treatment groups

30 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Ain Shams University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov