Andrea Lembo, Massimiliano Serafino, Edoardo Villani, Paolo Nucci
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Abstract
Purpose: To determine the best treatment for dissociated vertical deviation (DVD).
Methods: The authors investigated the postoperative results of unilateral surgery for DVD in 14 patients when the visual acuity difference between the two eyes did not result in a postoperative dominance switch. All patients underwent bilateral medial rectus recession for congenital esotropia.
Results: With this unilateral surgical procedure, all patients showed a significant improvement of the DVD in the primary position. None of the patients developed hypotropia, anti-elevation syndrome, or inferior oblique overaction in the contralateral (dominant) eye, and no changes were observed in the contralateral eye.
Conclusions: Unilateral surgery for DVD in the non-dominant eye in case of strong fixation preference does not create a postoperative manifest DVD in the unoperated dominant eye. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2022;59(1):60-64.].