Surgical Results of Patients with +3.00 Diopters or More Hyperopia and Exotropia

Results: The mean age at the initial visit was 5.4 years and at surgery was 7.3 years. The mean degree of hyperopia in the worse eye was 3.86 ± 1.35 D and the better eye 1.31 ± 1.19 D. Fourteen of the 27 patients had amblyopia. The degree of reduced hyperopia correction was 1.35 ± 1.06 D during the preoperative period. The initial angles of deviation were 26.8 ± 7.7 prism diopters (PD) at distance and 28.2 ± 8.9 PD at near. At postoperative 12...