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Good results seen in patients who underwent strabismus surgery after cataract surgery

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Vision can be successfully aligned in patients with strabismus who previously underwent cataract surgery, according to a study by researchers in South Korea.

Song Ee Chung, MD, and colleagues at Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine reviewed outcomes for 31 patients treated with strabismus surgery after cataract surgery, including 15 patients (48.4%) with exotropia.

After strabismus surgery, all patients had a reduction in their mean angle of deviation. Researchers classified 20 patients as anatomical successes and the rest as failures.

Investigators performed stereoacuity measurements in 14 patients, all of whom had achieved 3,000 seconds of arc stereopsis; five (35.7%) had better than 200 seconds of arc stereopsis, according to the study. Prolonged deviation was the only statistically significant factor correlating with final alignment (P = .023), the authors noted.

"When appropriate, surgical intervention to treat strabismus after cataract surgery should be offered, and this is important for restoration of fusion," the authors said.

The study is published in the February issue of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.