title: Refractive changes after strabismus surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this review is to report the impact of strabismus surgery on refractive error.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Vector analysis was recently employed to show that refractive changes often occur after strabismus surgery but are transient and regress over time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Studies have shown that while transient changes in refractive error often occur, even statistically significant shifts are often not clinically important, and regress with long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Kara C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: LaMattina
authors.forename: Caroline N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: DeBenedictis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology