Eye muscle repair

Repair of cross-eye; Resection and recession; Strabismus repair; Extraocular muscle surgery

Eye muscle repair is surgery to correct eye muscle problems that cause strabismus (crossed eyes).

Walleyes

People are very sensitive to other individuals' eye positions. By looking at another person's eye position, one can very effectively gauge where they are looking. People are also sensitive to eyes that are not looking in the same direction, which is referred to as crossed eyes (strabismus). Other more specific medical terms refer to eyes turned either outward or inward, or that are abnormally rotated. Any appearance of crossed eyes in young children should be immediately evaluated, as should recent onset of crossed eyes in an adult.

Before and after strabismus repair

Strabismus surgery corrects and aligns the muscles of the eye.

Eye muscle repair - normal anatomy

The conjunctiva links the eyeball to the eye socket. The external muscles of the eye are found behind the conjunctiva.

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