What does the operation involve?

The operation is performed under a general anaesthetic and usually takes about an hour.

Depending on the type of squint your child has, your surgeon will need to tighten or loosen one or more of the eye muscles.

Your surgeon will make a small cut on the surface membrane of the eye (conjunctiva). They will separate one or more eye muscles from the surface of the eyeball. Using small dissolvable stitches, your surgeon will reattach the muscles, making them tighter or looser than they were before, depending on the correction that needs to be made.