There is no age limit for eye muscle surgery. You should discuss the goals and expectations of surgery thoroughly with your strabismus specialist. The goals of surgery may be to improve the alignment of the eyes, restore binocularity, improve depth perception, increase the peripheral vision, increase the range of single vision, improve head posture, or reduce nystagmus.
 
In most instances, the surgery is done under general anesthesia, but does not require an overnight hospital stay. For your particular situation, you should rely on the advice of your strabismus specialist. In general, there is usually no bandaging of the eyes following surgery. Most patients are expected to recover and return to work in 3-5 days following surgery, but individual cases vary. Mild discomfort, headache, some nausea, and redness of the operated eye are common in the immediate postoperative period. It would be unexpected to have worsening pain, decreased vision, or worsening redness during the postoperative time. These symptoms may be a sign of infection and you should alert your strabismus specialist immediately if they occur.
 
Although the alignment changes immediately following surgery, there is a healing period when the alignment can change that lasts 4-6 weeks following surgery. Follow up appointments with your strabismus specialist during this time period will help chart your progress. Sometimes, eye muscle surgery needs to be repeated to fine tune the alignment, or due to over- or under-correction from the initial surgery. For more detailed information, discuss with your strabismus specialist.