The Accommodative Portion of Mixed Esotropia

This study reports observations on the subsequent course of the accommodative component in 139 patients with mixed esotropia after surgery for the nonaccommodative portion of the deviation. An unexpected finding was the presence of a normal distance/near relationship at the time of operation in 69% of these patients. In 40 cases (29%), the accommodative component subsided during the 1st postoperative year. In the remaining patients, the...