Prevalence Of Strabismus and Its Types in Pediatric Population and The Outcomes of Different Treatment Modalities
Dardyr, M. (2022). Prevalence Of Strabismus and Its Types in Pediatric Population and The Outcomes of Different Treatment Modalities. EKB Journal Management System, 86(1), 826-830. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216964
Mohamed El Moddather Ahmed Dardyr. "Prevalence Of Strabismus and Its Types in Pediatric Population and The Outcomes of Different Treatment Modalities". EKB Journal Management System, 86, 1, 2022, 826-830. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216964
Dardyr, M. (2022). 'Prevalence Of Strabismus and Its Types in Pediatric Population and The Outcomes of Different Treatment Modalities', EKB Journal Management System, 86(1), pp. 826-830. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216964
Dardyr, M. Prevalence Of Strabismus and Its Types in Pediatric Population and The Outcomes of Different Treatment Modalities. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 86(1): 826-830. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216964

Prevalence Of Strabismus and Its Types in Pediatric Population and The Outcomes of Different Treatment Modalities

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 135, Volume 86, Issue 1, January 2022, Page 826-830  XML PDF (260.89 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216964
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Mohamed El Moddather Ahmed Dardyr email
Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assuit), Egypt
Abstract
Background: Strabismus is one of the most frequent eye conditions influencing a considerable percentage of children and could cause severe medical and psychological burdens.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of strabismus and its types in pediatric patients and the outcomes of different treatment modalities in a referral eye center in Upper Egypt during a 3 years period.
Patients and Methods:This is an observational cross-sectional study that was carried out on pediatric cases attending a large private referral ophthalmology center in Assiut City, Upper Egypt during the period of 3 years (January 2018 to December 2020). All pediatric patients (3-15 years) were included and cases with different types of strabismus were subjected to full history taking, full ophthalmic examination and cyclopedic autorefraction.
Results: A total of 1356 pediatric patients attended the center during the study period. Cases with different types of strabismus were 561 cases with a prevalence of 41.4%, about two-thirds of them (66.3%) were rural and 60.0% were in the age group of 3-6 years.Esotropia was found in 54.3%, latent squint in 33.7% and pseudo strabismus in 6.4%. Surgical correction was used in treatment of 42.6% of cases with satisfying outcome in 97.6% of them.
Conclusion: The prevalence of strabismus in the pediatric population attending the referral eye center was 41.4%, which was extremely higher compared to other studies and this prevalence was higher in rural areas than in urban ones and in the age group of 3-6 years than in the other age groups in the pediatric period.
 
Keywords
Incidence; Outcomes; Squint; Strabismus; Pediatric population; Treatment modalities
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