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<ref>Surgery Encyclopedia - Eye Muscle Surgery</ref> [2]:
- 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 [3].