German Eye Clinic

Squint Surgery

With half of the squinting children the bad position must be eliminated by operations at the outside eye muscles. Sometimes the operational position correction is a condition for all further measures.
Usually the operation is only then accomplished if the child carries, with both eyes approximately equivalent good sees the eyeglasses reliably and sufficiently be examined lets themselves.
The operation eliminates not the weak sight and also not always causes a direct improvement of spatial seeing. Both require usually further eye-medical treatment. The operation does not make also the eyeglasses redundant, because refraction errors only by the eyeglasses to become balanced to be able. Squinting operations are expressed low-risk and have good chances of success. They are implemented by the optician with children in general narcosis, i.e. after the calming syringe and the narcosis’ discharge the child of the interference feels nothing more.
The operated eye reacts naturally, however in bearable measure after waking up for approximately 48 hours - particularly with eye movements. With the operation the eye is taken out nor cut open neither. The optician opens only those easily welfare-ends binding skin, in order to adjust the eye muscles. On the kind of the bad position and on the result of the pretreatment it depends whether a unique interference is sufficient.

How can parents and optician co-operate?

With exception of the operation the optician is successful with all other therapy measure only if parents participate reliably. The optician must be able himself to leave on the fact that the ordered is not carried likewise eyeglasses without exception and continuously by the child that with the occlusion treatment striking or eyeglass plaster on the eye does not remain longer than prescribed, however “only times occasionally " or is prematurely removed that eye drop and - ointment after plan to be given exactly and that no date - is it for investigation or for training - is omitted.
The treatment of a amblyopia can do itself up to 12 years old and sometimes in addition extend, because back cases are possible still in the growth age inside.
Their optician knows that you and your child must apply much patience. It will support you in each way: medically, psychologically and by detailed information discussions.