Purpose: To achieve a successful postoperative ocular alignment in strabismus surgery with the least postoperative ocular inflammation using two different surgical techniques; the minimally invasive approach (MISS) and the traditional limbal approach.
Methods: This study included 22 patients divided into 2 groups, group A (15 eyes of 11 patients) operated by MISS and group B (18 eyes of 11 patients) operated using the traditional limbal approach. Alignment and ocular inflammation as well as complications were recorded at the 1st day, 1st week and the 1st month postoperatively. Postoperative ocular inflammation scored and compared to" a published score scale to grade the conjunctival swelling and redness in the University Eye Clinic in Giessen, Germany".
Results: postoperative ocular inflammation was less pronounced in group A than in group B, both groups showed no difference in postoperative ocular alignment and no scleral perforation or other serious complications were observed in both groups.
Conclusions: This study indicates that MISS induces less postoperative ocular inflammation compared to the traditional limbal approach.