Eye Surgery - Eye Muscle Surgery

Eye Muscle Surgery

With approximately 1.2 million procedures each year, extraocular muscle surgery is the third most common eye surgery in the United States .

• Eye muscle surgery typically corrects strabismus and includes the following :
  • Loosening / weakening procedures
    • Recession involves moving the insertion of a muscle posteriorly towards its origin.
    • Myectomy
    • Myotomy
    • Tenectomy
    • Tenotomy
  • Tightening / strengthening procedures
    • Resection
    • Tucking
    • Advancement is the movement of an eye muscle from its original place of attachment on the eyeball to a more forward position.
  • Transposition / repositioning procedures
  • Adjustable suture surgery is a method of reattaching an extraocular muscle by means of a stitch that can be shortened or lengthened within the first post-operative day, to obtain better ocular alignment .