Re-recession of the Lateral Rectus Muscles In Patients With Recurrent Exotropia

We undertook a retrospective evaluation of changes in deviation and ocular motility after surgical rerecession of the lateral rectus (LR) muscles as a treatment for recurrent exotropia (XT).We describe 16 consecutive patients (age 6 to 35 years; median, 10 years; 13 children and 3 adults) with an average amount of recurrent alignment, amount of rerecession, distance from insertion to the limbus, postoperative alignment, and versions.In most...