Shroff Eye Hospital

Qts.: I am 23 years old. I am born with squint eye. Is it possible to get operated my eye at this stage? I would like to know the risks involved with this.

Ans.: The surgery of squint usually involves treating the muscles and depending on the kind of squint one, two or three muscles. In adulthood, the prognosis depends on the extent of the squint and the number of muscles involved. This involves a detailed check up after which the doctor (preferably a squint specialist) will guide with what is best for your eyes. Also, please note that vision improvement may not happen as this process gets established while growing up.

Qts.: My daughter is having squint eye since childhood. Now she is 9 years old. Can she have it corrected through laser surgery?

Ans.: This needs to be evaluated at the earliest by a squint specialist. Doing any correction before 9 years is most beneficial in prognosis with fewer chances of failures. Hence, recommended that one does any correction ASAP. Also, there is no laser available that corrects this as the squint issue comes from needing to treat the muscles of the eye which involves surgery correcting these muscles.

Qts.: My daughter is 2 years 4 months old, her left eye is squint, doctor told in the beginning that she is not using her left eye there is no power in that so put atropine eye drop for month, now she is using her left eye. To correct squint they are telling that surgery has to be done. Please tell me that without surgery is there any alternate to correct squint.

Ans.: You definitely need to make sure that a squint specialist is seeing your child as this also affects learning. The earlier the issue is addressed, the better the prognosis. However, without any examination, it will be difficult for me to guide you specifically. You may visit us in Mumbai or any squint specialist in your city.

Qts.:I am having reasonable amount of squint in my right eye and has almost nil vision in the right eye. Now I adjusted to depend only on my left eye and use my other one as dummy one. My age is 29. I plan to undergo a squint surgery. I would like to know, after the squint surgery whether the eye will drift or move back to the squint position over a period of time? (I heard that it could happen for people who rely on single eye).If that is the case, what is the probability of this happening and when this could happen after the surgery (I mean how many years or months after the surgery)

Ans.: Squints are of different kinds. The surgery may involve one, two or three muscles. In adulthood when your eye muscles have already fully developed the chances of the squint recurrence is high as the natural effect is that your muscles resist the change. Regarding vision, one cannot comment unless examined, but your treating squint specialist would be able to give you a general idea of your post surgical visual expectations. There is no rule as to when this recurrence can happen and in whom.

Qts.:My daughter is 2 yrs old and I found that she is having squint in left eye. She is having +3 number in both eyes. Is this squint is recovered as she grow? Please suggest?

Ans.: No. The squint needs to be corrected. The earlier the better as it will otherwise have higher failure rate and recurrence.

Qts.: I want to know about the squint treatment result how many chances that the patient will recover soon? I have a daughter she is 1.5 months old she is suffering from squint disease. Her visibility is good because she can easily see her toys etc. The only problem with her that she focuses on any thing her 1 eye is in right direction but other one is not focusing in the right direction. Kindly tell me as possible.

Ans.: This needs to be evaluated by the strabismus specialist or squint specialist or pediatric ophthalmologist as few cases can wait, some need to do the surgery as early as possible to ensure good prognosis and avoid recurrences. Rcurrence of squint are higher when done when the child is getting older as their eye muscles then are stronger and resist the change, as versus doing when they are still developing when it can be easily corrected.