title: Conjunctival cysts as a complication after strabismus surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify possible factors associated with the development of a conjunctival cyst after surgery for strabismus.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, longitudinal, and retrospective study was done including 12 cases from the past 20 years presenting a conjunctival cyst as a complication of strabismus surgery. Variables included age, sex, eye and muscle operated on, surgical technique used, surgeon, type of suture, and type of conjunctival incision. Fisher's exact test and Pearson chi-square test were used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of conjunctival cysts was 0.25%. Although ultimately statistically significant differences in the variables studied could not be demonstrated (P > .05), a greater incidence in the development of this complication in young patients who underwent recession (58.3%) as the surgical technique was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recession may be a risk factor in the development of a conjunctival cyst caused by the high frequency of dragging Tenon capsule during this surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon (Madrid), Segovia, Spain. anamaria.guadilla@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Guadilla
authors.forename: Pilar Gómez
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: de Liaño
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity