How Much Does Spastic Strabismus Surgery Cost

The cost of spasmodic strabismus surgery ranges from $30,000 to $40,000, with some variation depending on the corrective typology of the surgery, and some correlation with geographic region and hospital level. The surgery is mainly for patients with strabismus who have fibrous contracture of the sternocleidomastoid muscle due to parasympathetic nerve compression or congenital causes of the deformity. There are several common types of surgical methods, including selective cervical muscle and neurectomy, parasympathetic root microvascular decompression, selective peripheral neurectomy, etc. The specifics need to be determined according to the doctor’s diagnosis, and the price of different surgical methods will also be different. Spasmodic cervical strabismus caused by muscle spasm requires selective cervical myotomy and neurectomy to cut off the spasmodic muscles and bilateral parasympathetic nerves. If the spasticity is caused by vascular compression, then microvascular decompression of the paracervical nerve root is performed, and the dentate ligament is cut off to relieve the spasticity symptom. Alternatively, selective peripheral neurotomy is used to sever the posterior branch of the cervical nerve root, and the extent of severance is chosen according to the number of spastic muscles. When a patient is in need of spasticity surgery, he or she should go to the local hospital and ask the doctor for a checkup. Before the surgery, patients should pay attention to the regularity of life and work, and eat less spicy food.