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A complication of strabismus surgery is a slipped muscle. We present a patient who suffered such a complication following surfical correction of strabismus. The resected part of the slipped muscle was histopathologically examined. Fibrovascular connective tissue was found in the specimen with no muscle fibers in it.
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Spierer, A., Rosner, M. Histology of a slipped muscle after strabismus surgery. Ann Ophthalmol 35, 136–137 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1385/AO:35:2:136
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1385/AO:35:2:136