[Treatment of strabismus in ambulatory surgery]

Since april 1993, we have an out-patient surgery department in our university hospital. We report our experience of out-patient surgery in 80 strabismic patients> We have divided the 80 patients in a pediatric group and an adult group. We describe the conditions of admission for out-patient surgery, the method of anesthesia, the development of the procedure. Surgical techniques do not differ from those used in hospitalized patients. We report our statistics concerning age, diagnosis, type and length of surgery of our 80 patients. The lack of complications and the satisfaction of our patients convince us to carry on out-patient surgery for strabismus.