Eye muscle surgeries typically correct strabismus and include the following:[4][5] Loosening / weakening procedures Recession involves moving the insertion of a muscle posteriorly towards its origin. Myectomy Myotomy Tenectomy Tenotomy Tightening / strengthening procedures Resection involves detaching one of the eye muscles, removing a portion of the muscle from the distal end of the muscle and reattaching the muscle to the eye.[6] Tucking Advancement is the movement of an eye muscle from its original place of attachment on the eyeball to a more forward position. Transposition / repositioning procedures Adjustable suture surgery is a method of reattaching an extraocular muscle by means of a stitch that can be shortened or lengthened within the first post-operative day, to obtain better ocular alignment.[7][8]