2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
6 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Part I: Strabismus
Chapter 14: Surgery of the Extraocular Muscles
Complications of Strabismus Surgery
Refractive Changes
Changes in refractive error are most common when strabismus surgery is performed on 2 rectus muscles of an eye. An induced astigmatism of low magnitude usually resolves within a few months. Surgery on the oblique muscles can change the axis of preexisting astigmatism.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.