About Eye Muscle Surgery
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What is Eye Muscle Surgery?
Eye muscle surgery refers to a surgical procedure to repair eye muscle problems that cause misaligned eyes, known as strabismus. The surgery helps in positioning the eyes correctly to enable correct movement.
It may include various procedures such as loosening and tightening procedures, myectomy, myotomy, tenectomy, tenotomy, resection, tucking, repositioning, etc. The surgery may be performed on one or both eyes depending on the case.
How is Eye Muscle Surgery Performed?
A small incision is made on the conjunctiva covering the white of the eye.
- The eye muscles that need surgery are located and depending on the requirement, the muscles are either strengthened or weakened.
- If a muscle needs to be strengthened, the muscle is shortened by removing a section of it. This is known as resection.
- If a muscle needs to be weakened, the muscle is reattached to the back of the eye. This is known as recession.
- For adult patients, an adjustable suture may be applied on the weakened muscle.
How to Prepare for Eye Muscle Surgery?
The patient¡¯s full medical history and physical checkup are required before the surgery.
- The patient¡¯s orthoptic measurements are required.
- The doctor should be informed about the drugs, herbs or vitamins that the patient is taking.
- The doctor should be informed if the patient has any allergies and other ailments.
- Certain medication that the patient may be taking should be stopped approximately 10 days before the surgery.
- The patient may need to stop taking any solid or liquid food for several hours before the surgery.
- If medication needs to be taken on the day of the surgery, it can be taken with a small sip of water.
Days admitted : None. The surgery is usually done as an outpatient procedure.
Anesthesia : General anesthesia is given to children; adult patients may be g