Hyperopic refractive errors as a prognostic factor in intermittent exotropia surgery

Purpose: To evaluate and compare surgical outcomes with respect to refractive errors in strabismus surgery for the treatment of intermittent exotropia (IXT).The medical records of patients with IXT who were treated by one surgeon from January 2005 and June 2011 were reviewed. Three hundred and thirty-three IXT patients were included and divided into three groups according to preoperative refractive error: IXT with hyperopia (group I), IXT with...