Whether patients with intermittent exotropia underwent surgical correction for intermittent exotropia did not influence the rate of myopic progression. There was no significant difference in the rate of myopic progression between patients with accompanying intermittent exotropia and myopia and those with myopia alone.

The use of an aspirating speculum aggravated dry eye parameters during the early postoperative period. Although these parameters returned to their preoperative values at 1 month postoperatively, the use of an aspirating speculum has the potential to aggravate dry eyes after cataract surgery is performed.

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Purpose:To evaluate the initial factors influencing successful final stereoacuity in patients with refractive accommodative esotropia. Methods: The charts of 48 refractive accommodative esotropia patients 2 years of age or older andassessed using the Titmus stereoacuity test were retrospectively reviewed. Hyperopic refractive error on post-cycloplegic refraction, age at first glasses, stereoacuity after refractive correction and amblyopia were categorized and evaluated as the factors influencing final stereoacuity. Results: The mean follow-up period was 43.51 ± 30.02 months. The mean hypermetropia at the initial examination was 4.67 ± 2.18 diopters (D), the mean age at first glasses was 48.09 ± 20.22 months and the mean stereoacuity after refractive correction was 1243.75 ± 1378.24 seconds of arc. The rates of successful stereoacuity at the final visit were 83.3% without amblyopia, 75.0% with mild amblyopia and 42.9% with moderate amblyopia which were statistically significant (p = 0.039). Hyperopic refractive error and age at first glasses were categorized as +1.0 to <3.0 D, +3.0 to <5.0 D, ≥+5.0 D and 2 to <4 years, 4 to <6 years and ≥6 years, respectively, and the rates of successful stereoacuity at the final visit were 83.3%, 66.7%, 61.9% (p = 0.362) and 71.4%, 75.0% and 54.5% (p = 0.334), respectively. Conclusions: The amblyopia at the initial examination was significantly associated with the outcome of stereoacuity at the final visit in patients with refractive accommodative esotropia. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2014;55(6):877-881