strabismus surgery to correct alternating esotropia

Hi, just womdering how the operation went. Has the inwarding turning squint become exotropia(turning outward) or has it settled? did you have one or both eyes perated on???

I had my 3 month check after surgery about 2 weeks ago. She said it turns out now minimally. However you can see it in pictures. So I have another recheck in Sept so we will talk about it then.

I had both eyes operated on.

hey, am thinking of getting my inward turning eye corrected also. have been told that the eye may drift out in later years however surgeon will under correct my eye so i still have aslight n turing eye. were you told something similar. I am worried also that if i get it done my eye if it turns out may be more noticeable. Although iv been told outward turn is not as noticeable What do you thnk? How much time did you take off work for this and how log before your red eye went??? Was the operation painfull did you have a general or local anaesthetic? Did you wear glasses before the operation and has the op efffeted your vision???
Am very worriedabout having the operation whethr i doing the right thing/??? Any answers to questions or the experience much appreciatd. hoeour eyes settleto orrect position. take care.xxx

hey again, where abouts do you live(country0, where did you get the surgery done? xx

I live in the USA in New Jersey. I am glad I got the surgery done even though I will most likely need it to be done again. I couldnt drive a car for almost a week. It was very painful. My eyes were swollen and red for almost a full week. I had general anaestisa. If they undercorrect it it will be good.

Good Luck !

I had strabismus surgery 3 weeks ago on my right eye, which had drifted up and out. They operated on 2 of the muscles, to bring it down and in again.

At this point it looks like the surgery was a good success, even though now if I'm using my right eye my left one drifts up. However if I'm using my left eye it looks completely straight, which was better than before where whichever eye I was using the other one would drift. At least I have the option of looking straight now hehe.

I've had strabismus all my life, being born with both eyes turning inwards and having 4 surgeries when i was younger. Going by my own experience, it would be likely that your eye will drift out over time. That's pretty much what happened to me, after having inward turning eyes fixed, in years they ended up being outward turning eyes! Even now after the latest surgery I have been told it probably won't last. But by lasting my doc said she's hoping for a few decades and I would be very happy with that!! My surgeries from when I was little pretty much lasted for 15+ years before it got really bad (I'm 25 now).

The latest surgery I had was done under general anesthetic, with the outer muscle done as an adjustable suture, which the doc "tweaked" when I had woken up from the surgery. I went into surgery at 9:45am and was ready to go home not long after midday. I am located in Melbourne, Australia.

I was feeling pretty wonky in the head for at least a week, as my brain had to get used to the new position. I was getting a bit of double vision but that has pretty much gone now. I was advised to take a week off work, which was needed as I definitely wasn't up to driving or concentrating on work in that time. I didn't find the recovery very painful, more just annoying as the eye was quite gunky and blurry for a while. Not to mention having to put in eye drops 4 times a day for a week. I still have a bit of redness even 3 weeks later, but apart from that it's all pretty much back to normal.

Anyway that's just my experience. The recovery isn't too bad, only really for the first 4-5 days I found it particularly bad. I found it definitely worth it though, even though I have been told it won't be permanent I am expecting it will now be like this for quite a few years to come.

Hi its been 2 weeks since my strabismus operation using adjustable sutures on my left eye. I am 29 years old and I've had intermittent exotropia since childhood. This was my first operation to correct my strabismus. At 1 week post-op I was reevaluated and the attending UCLA doctors were smiling as I left the room. I took this to mean things had gone well. Indeed, both functionally and cosmetically the correction has changed my life. Day 1: adjusting the sutures they use a topical so there is no pain. Day 2: my eye opened.
Day 4: drove to work. Day 5: Reading with no glasses Day 6: Looked through both eye pieces of a microscope for the first time.
Day 8: drove for 4.5 hours without x2 vision (could've gone another 2).

I'd gladly go through it all over again if need be. I have a slight exophoria but there's no comparing the alignment before/after...listen to your M.D. not your O.D.. Get the surgery if its recommended. I highly recommend Dr. Isenberg of the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine. He changed my life.

I just had eye surgery 1 week from today. I had a large horizontal deviation and a slight verticle deviation. The horizontal problem is virtually gone but the verticle deviation is still causing double vision in the opposite direction. My eye is still quite red and swollen so is it just I need time to heal? How long does double vision, after surgery, last?

I had strabismus surgery recently to correct a nearly blind inward turning left eye. Most days after the surgery it looked fine, but here it is day seven, and the eye had turned outward...and looked quite horrible! If it doesnt settle soon, I am going back to the surgery center...maybe botox would be another option, heck I'd rather have it semi frozen staring straight ahead than this turning inward or outward, because it gives me debilitating migraine headaches, that won't go away unless I sleep 12 hours a day!! I cannot function after that much sleep feeling like a zombie...I'm just so irritated, and full of self loathing.

Honestly, if I had the money, since I am mostly blind in the eye, I'd opt to have it removed, and a false eye put in, I've seen a lady with one, and you cannot tell it isn't real, because they mount the frame orbit contraption to the muscles themselves, and then the false eye snaps onto it, so it moves like a real eye. maybe It would improve things, because today on day seven, I'm hurting bad with it drifting outwards like this, like a tugging pang in my temple near the eye...

I'd like an update from you. I have similar situation. Almost blind left eye. Turns in a bit but sometimes not too noticeable. I am scheduled for surgery next week and have been very aprehensive about the surgery. Drs. are not very re-assuring with the 80/15/5 success rate. I am terrified to be in a worse situation than now.

Had squint surgery on tuesday for an inward turning left eye.ve had it for 9years.am 18 though.its four days now and d eyes r still aligned straight.jus d redness n slight discomfort now and then.i feel good with myself.d surgery lasted for almost2hrs and i had general anasthesia.doctor said id get d full effect in 3months tops!

I have strabismus that doesn't influence my ability to see. I have often thought about getting an operation done. However at age 24 I have decided that it is unfair for society to tell me that it makes me unattractive and that I should get cosmetic surgery! By the sounds of this forum.. the chance of doctors being able to fix my eyes not just cosmetically alter them for a few years is virtually non- existant. I think we should all stop trying to conform to the social norm and ideal of perfection being beautiful and at very least accept our eyes as a genetic allele that is probably as common as a slightly funny nose. Everyone has a genetic burden ( start asking) and I'm now glad that mine is not painful or uncomfortable and at worst it weeds out all the unintellegent and superficial people from my life without wasting more than a glance and a few seconds of life.

I have strabismus that doesn't influence my ability to see. I have often thought about getting an operation done. However at age 24 I have decided that it is unfair for society to tell me that it makes me unattractive and that I should get cosmetic surgery! By the sounds of this forum.. the chance of doctors being able to fix my eyes not just cosmetically alter them for a few years is virtually non- existant. I think we should all stop trying to conform to the social norm and ideal of perfection being beautiful and at very least accept our eyes as a genetic allele that is probably as common as a slightly funny nose. Everyone has a genetic burden ( start asking) and I'm now glad that mine is not painful or uncomfortable and at worst it weeds out all the unintellegent and superficial people from my life without wasting more than a glance and a few seconds of life.

I have alternative exotropia, both my eyes drift up and sideways. I had surgery (both eyes) in January to correct the vertical estrabismus which hasnt gone but has improved, and I am having surgery again on both eyes next week with adjustable stitches this time. I dont want to keep my hopes up because I know chances are it wont work or it wont last long, but I thought I'd give it one last go (I also had 2 further surgeries years ago). Im a bit anxious about the adjustable stitches part, any advice or experience to share? Thank you all and wish me luck! xx

Update after my operation:
It's now day 5 and I my eyes are healing fine. I had adjustable sutures on the left eye only, the doctor had to re-do the alignment 4 times but you don't feel any pain and the thing they use to keep your eye open it actually helps you not to worry about blinking! If you feel anything they give you more drops straight away and you don't feel a thing, it's just the scary thought of having it done while awake but if any of you is worried about this procedure please trust me, there's nothing to worry about!!! Now, my surgery didnt go as well as I would have hoped. My eyes look better but far from normal, and overtime they will get worse, but if there's a chance to make them better I take it and would do it again. The recovery has been much better than the previous one, the anaesthetic they gave me before was far too strong and knock me out for 3 days! This time I walked out the hosp feeling great and was able to fully open my eyes the morning after. I have been home since taking it easy but i drove my car this morning and I'm going to the cinema tonight and im back to work tomorrow. I am seeing the surgeon in 10 days and see what he says.