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Br J Ophthalmol 88:233-235 doi:10.1136/bjo.2003.027615
  • Clinical science
    • Scientific reports

The Newcastle Control Score: a new method of grading the severity of intermittent distance exotropia

Table 2

Control scores v cure rates for surgical and non-surgical cases of IDEX using the Newcastle Control Score

NCS 2 3 4 5 6 7 Overall
Surgical (n = 2) (n = 12) (n = 26) (n = 16) (n = 6) (n = 5) (n = 67)
Cure 2 (100%) 7 (58%) 17 (65%) 8 (50%) 0 2 (40%) 36 (54%)
Non-surgical (n = 13) (n = 45) (n = 38) (n = 5) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 103)
Cure 5 (39%) 8 (18%) 5 (13%) 1 (20%) 0 0 19 (18%)

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