Restoring Vision This three year old girl was flown here to the James Hall Eye Center from Tajikistan in Central Asia. The first picture shows her with bilateral excessive tearing due to a tear duct obstruction on both sides. She also has esotropia – crossed eyes. The second photo shows her without tearing after bilateral surgery on her tear ducts. It was important to clear up her tear duct obstruction before operating on her crossed eyes as a blocked tear duct would be a source of infection which would compromise any muscle surgery. The second photo shows her after her successful eye muscle surgery for her esotropia – crossed eyes.
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