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– Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) increases the risk of strabismus diagnosis and related strabismus surgeries in menopausal women.
– No association was found between MHT and reoperation rates after primary strabismus surgery.
– The study used a large electronic health record cohort and rigorous time-varying Cox models to adjust for confounding factors.
– These findings suggest hormonal influences on ocular alignment mechanisms in postmenopausal women.
