strabismus eye surgey

[gram2]

would you recommed this surgey?    What does it entail, Hospital stay or outpatient......length of recovery period

how long after the surgey would it be before I would be able to use my eyes.......I'v been told a pediatric surgeon is who I should see....Can you recommed one.     I live in palm coast florida

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

JodieJ gave you good advice.

Dr. O.

[JodieJ]

There seems to be a wide range of experiences related to recovery from eye muscle surgery.  My recovery was much easier than others who have posted here.  I developed diplopia and strabismus secondary to monovision contact lens wear.  (I was probably born with a vulnerability, since this is not something common.)  I had eye muscle surgery on my left eye only in '05.  It was an outpatient procedure (what's not these days?) and completely painless.  The afternoon of my surgery I was shopping at the mall (wearing sunglasses to cover a red eye), and I could drive myself to the followup appointment the next day.  The surgery was a complete success.

If you have a general ophthalmologist, s/he would be a good source for a referral.  I found my surgeon by using the Castle-Connolly directory of "top doctors" (available online).  You could also use the directory at www.aao.org--but make sure that the surgeon you choose has at least several years of experience.