{"id":38033,"date":"2025-08-19T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=38033"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:24:13","slug":"strabismus-surgery","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/strabismus-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Strabismus Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Strabismus Surgery?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Strabismus surgery adjusts the balance of extraocular muscles by <strong>recession<\/strong> (weakening), <strong>resection<\/strong> (strengthening), or <strong>plication<\/strong>. In adults, <strong>adjustable sutures<\/strong> may finetune alignment shortly after surgery. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to expect after Strabismus Surgery?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Redness and soreness for 1\u20132 weeks&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Temporary double vision or eye strain as the brain adapts&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eye drops\/ointment and activity limits for several days&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Followup to adjust sutures in adults if used&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39243,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1130],"class_list":["post-38033","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-ophthalmology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/38033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=38033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}