Effects of surgery on the dominant eye in exodeviations

It has been suggested that operating the dominant eye is a more effective way of treatment for exodeviations than the conventional non‐dominant eye surgery. We have tested this idea in groups of children and adults with intermittent and constant exotropia. In a first group of 30 patients where the non‐dominant eye was operated on, we found that our initial technique resulted in an undercorrection averaging 11 prism diopters. Modification of the...