Strabismus surgery
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Strabismus surgery is surgery on the extraocular muscles to correct the misalignment of the eyes. With approximately 1.2 million procedures each year, extraocular muscle surgery is the third most common eye surgery in the United States.[1]
[edit] Types
- Eye muscle surgeries typically correct strabismus and include the following:[2][3]
- Loosening / weakening procedures
- Recession involves moving the insertion of a muscle posteriorly towards its origin.
- Myectomy
- Myotomy
- Tenectomy
- Tenotomy
- Tightening / strengthening procedures
- Resection involves detaching one of the eye muscles, removing a portion of the muscle from the distal end of the muscle and reattaching the muscle to the eye.[4]
- 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.[5]
- Loosening / weakening procedures
[edit] References
- ^ Hertle, Richard. Eye Muscle Surgery and Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome (Microsoft Word document). American Nystagmus Network. Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
- ^ Surgery Encyclopedia - Eye Muscle Surgery
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Strabismus.com - Strabismus Surgery
- ^ Eye Procedures > Adjustable Suture Strabismus Surgery - EyeMDLink.com
[edit] See also
- Eye surgery
- SEE-KID-Computer-assisted Simulation and Treatment of Eye Motility Disorders]
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