Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4014281 Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2012 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

PurposeMany patients describe more rapid recognition of objects after surgical procedures for nystagmus; however, this “recognition time” is not reflected in the parameters typically studied in these patients. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of nystagmus surgery on visual acuity and recognition time.MethodsIn this prospective, interventional, comparative case series, patients with nystagmus were divided into two groups. group A (n = 13) underwent four-muscle retroequatorial recession; group B (n = 8) underwent the Kestenbaum-Anderson procedure. Visual acuity, binocularity, and recognition time were assessed before and after surgery. Recognition time was measured in a routine examination setting using specially designed software that controlled the time of appearance of optotypes in 0.1 second increments.ResultsA total of 21 patients were enrolled. The entire group experienced significant postoperative improvement in visual acuity (P = 0.002) and recognition time (P = 0.005). The mean improvement in recognition time was 0.3 seconds at maximum preoperative visual acuity level. A trend toward more improvement in group A than in group B was not statistically significant.ConclusionsBoth the four-muscle recession and the Kestenbaum-Anderson procedures resulted in a 1- to 2-line improvement in visual acuity and a 0.3 second improvement in optotype recognition time.

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