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Eye muscle repair |
| Overview Recovery Risks |
| Alternative Names: |
| Repair of cross-eye; Resection and recession; Lazy eye repair; Strabismus repair |
| Expectations after surgery: |
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After surgery, the eye will be red for a couple days. The eye alignment is usually immediate. One important note, the surgery does not fix 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: |
| Surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis. Usual activities and exercise can usually be resumed a few days surgery. |
Walleyes |
Before and after strabismus repair |
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