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Walleyes
Walleyes
Before and after strabismus repair
Before and after strabismus repair


Eye muscle repair

Alternative Names:
Repair of cross-eye; Resection and recession; Lazy eye repair; Strabismus repair

Expectations after surgery:

After surgery, the eye will be red for a couple of days. The corrected eye alignment is usually immediate.

One important note, the surgery does not fix the poor vision of a lazy or amblyopic eye, so a child may have to wear glasses or continue to patch an eye. In general, the earlier in a child's life the operation is performed, the better the result. The eye should appear normal a few weeks after the surgery.



Convalescence:

This surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis. Usual activities and exercise can usually be resumed a few days surgery.




Review Date: 4/8/2005
Reviewed By: Raymond S. Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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