Does cutting some of the eye muscles help alleviate Nystagmus?

My son is 11 and has this condition from birth (along with Septo-optic dysplasia). The Jewestein Eye Institute at UCLA said the surgery was an option-any thoughts for or against?

Muscle Surgery for Nystagmus does help some patient. It will either lessen the "jerk" or put the head in the primary position (e.g. your child will now be looking straight ahead instead of sideways when looking at objects).

There are 6 extrinsic eye muscles that control and move the eye throughout all fields of gaze. In the case of you son his involuntary eye movements must be excessive to consider this as an option. If this is done your son will lose movement of his eyes. I would guess that he will lose the ability to rotate his eyes sideways, this sounds like a last resort.

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