exotropia in a sentence
Examples
- There are indications that children with strabismus, particularly those with exotropia ( an outward turn ), are more likely to develop a mental health disorder than normal-sighted children.
- The long-term success of surgical treatment for conditions such as intermittent exotropia is not well proven, and surgery can often result in a worsening of symptoms due to overcorrection.
- The most common strabismus findings is large angle exotropias which can be treated by maximal bilateral eye surgery, but due to the progressive nature of the disease, strabismus may recur.
- Infantile exotropia ( sometimes called " congenital exotropia " ) is seen during the first year of life, and is less common than " essential exotropia " which usually becomes apparent several years later.
- Infantile exotropia ( sometimes called " congenital exotropia " ) is seen during the first year of life, and is less common than " essential exotropia " which usually becomes apparent several years later.
- Infantile exotropia ( sometimes called " congenital exotropia " ) is seen during the first year of life, and is less common than " essential exotropia " which usually becomes apparent several years later.
- It is also indicated if a child has significant exotropia when reading or viewing near objects or if there is evidence that the eyes are losing their ability to work as a single unit ( binocular vision ).
- More specifically, for patients with esotropia who undergo strabismus surgery, anisometropia may be one of the risk factors for developing consecutive exotropia and poor binocular function may be a risk factor for anisometropia to develop or increase.
- Its direction depends on the patient age at which the damage occurs : patients whose vision is lost or impaired at birth are more likely to develop esotropia, whereas patients with acquired vision loss or impairment mostly develop exotropia.
- It can be addressed with further surgery or with vision therapy; vision therapy has shown promising results if the consecutive exotropia is intermittent, alternating and of small magnitude . ( Consecutive exotropia may however also spontaneously develop from esotropia, without surgery or botulinum toxin treatment .)