Adult strabismus surgery is generally avoided because the condition involves different sensory problems and past histories than those of infant strabismus. Also, adults undergo surgery for reasons that are different than those of infants, for example, for cosmetic purposes, double vision and asthenopia. The most important purpose of surgery is to reduce complaints of vision problems. We repost the results of strabismus surgery in 48 adult patients with horizontal strabismus, of which there are two types: exotropia and esotropia. There were 33 cases of exotropia and 15 cases
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