Question: I'm a teen, and my parent and my eye doctor and I were talking about corrective eye surgery for my lazy eye. I've had strabismus since I was born, and I've had surgery when I was a baby. I want to know the likely percentage of the surgery correcting my lazy eye/ So, What is the percentage of strabismus surgeries that corrects the eye?
Answer:
I am assuming that by the term lazy eye, you are referring to a deviation of the eyes such that they are not both pointing in the same direction. It is not possible to provide you definitive percentages regarding success rates in the setting you have described. In general, however, strabismus surgery is effective in realigning the eyes of a patient who has a deviating eye, with a very high rate of success. This is true even if prior strabismus surgery has been done. A discussion with your Eye M.D. may be of value in helping you to better understand the likelihood of success in your particular case.
