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Complications of Strabismus Surgery

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Over the years, the strabismus surgery has undergone improvement in terms of both efficacy and safety. Although serious complications are fortunately rare, no surgery is devoid of risk. It is important for surgeons to be aware of the incidence of complications and various factors that may increase the risk. The complications range from preoperative glitches like wrong surgery to postoperative complications like undesired correction and infection.

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    Swati Phuljhele, Rohit Saxena, Pradeep Sharma & Manu Saini

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Phuljhele, S., Saxena, R., Sharma, P., Saini, M. (2019). Complications of Strabismus Surgery. In: Agrawal, S. (eds) Strabismus. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1126-0_10

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