boatman
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4 posts since October 12th, 2008
New User
Male
4 posts since October 12th, 2008
boatman's posts
Yes, and permanent. She did only have one eye that was turning in. My niece is also in the demographic of children with strabismus who may also need surgery...so it must be genetic!
As I understand it, it seems that both your eyes are turning to center?
Actually its just my left eye turning in. Hopefully I will get the results your sister did!... more
Yes, my sister had the surgery preformed when she was about 5 or 6 years old. I remember she wore a patch to try to train the eye muscle...and when that didn't work the surgery was recommended. The whites of her eyes were red for days afterwards, and she wore a protective bandage for a day or two...but got great results and was back to normal aft... more
A strabismus surgery for [url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002961.htm]eye muscle repair [/url]goes like this: while you are under general anesthesia (asleep and pain-free), a small incision is made in the tissue between the eye and eyelid (conjunctiva ). One or more of the muscles of the eye are strengthened (resected) or weakene... more
First and foremost I want to say thanks to anyone who replies, I appreciate your time and effort to answer my question. To start, i've had strabismus pretty well all of my life and just turned 18 and now getting it corrected. I have a appointment next month for it, well its the first visit so a consultation.
Being cross eyed has gotten me really d... more
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