Clinical Observation on Strabismus in Children.

Oum, Boo Sup

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1975;16(3):189-197.
Published online March 1, 1975.

Clinical Observation on Strabismus in Children.

Boo Sup Oum

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Busan National University, Busan, Korea.

소아사시의 임상적관찰

엄부섭 ( Boo Sup Oum )

Abstract

Author presented the clinical evaluation for 34 patients of strabismus under the age of 12 years who were admitted to our clinic from September 1971 to August 1973. 1. The incidence of strabismus under 12 years of age was approximately 0.9% of the total out patients in our clinic, and 60.7% of these received surgical treatment. 2. Among them, 18 cases of exotropia, 15 cases of eostropia and 1 case of hypertropia were observed. 3. Average age at the time of operation was 5.9 years in esotropia and 7.1 years in exotropia. 4. Satisfactory result within 10 prism diopters of correction was obtained in 12 esotropias and 13 exotropias. 5. Improved fusional status was obtained in 9 esotropias and 14 exotropias.