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Orbital cellulitis and multiple abscess formation after strabismus surgery

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Periocular infections after strabismus surgery include orbital cellulitis, subconjunctival and sub-Tenon’s abscesses, as well as endophthalmitis. Orbital cellulitis is an exceedingly rare but potentially devastating complication of strabismus surgery. Kivlin and Wilson Jr. reported 25 cases from a physician survey; only 17 had deep orbital infection and/or imaging consistent with orbital cellulitis.1 The incidence of periocular infection is assumed to be between 1 in 11001 and 1 in 1900.2 While

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