Eye Movement and Orbit Disorders | Conditions & Treatments

What are Eye Movement & Orbit Disorders?

Orbit conditions refer to problems with the muscles and structures of the eye, including orbital tumors, fractures, drooping eyelids, and problems with tear glands.

Eye movement (or motility) conditions include alignment problems and uncontrolled blinking (blepharospasm).

UR Medicine's Treatments for Eye Movement & Orbit Disorders

Oculoplastics and orbital surgery is the discipline of ophthalmology primarily concerned with the surgical repair of the area in and around the eye. Oculoplastic and orbital surgeons (oculofacial plastic surgeons) restore or modify the muscles and structures of the eye to restore problems with vision. Pediatric ophthalmologists may also become involved, performing surgery on blocked tear ducts and performing muscle surgery to better align patients' eyes.

Surgical expertise at UR Medicine’s Flaum Eye Institute include:

Treatment of orbital tumors
Socket reconstruction
Eyelid repair
Orbital decompression
Correction of paralytic strabismus
Medically necessary Botox for uncontrolled blinking
Pediatric and Adult Surgery for Crossed Eyes (Strabismus)
Blocked Tear Ducts (Lacrimal) Surgery

What Sets Us Apart?

We feature an outstanding Oculofacial and Orbital Service. Plus our Pediatric Service has the largest group of fellowship-trained strabismus surgeons in Upstate New York. We also collaborate with many other doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center to provide patients with a complete and holistic view of their conditions, and deliver the most effective therapy. This multidisciplinary approach to care ensures that complex disease thoroughly and appropriately diagnosed and managed.

We have a growing number of locations for your convenience. Each is equipped with the latest and most advanced diagnostic equipment and many of our offices have full service optical shops where you can purchase glasses and contact lenses.

Our main facility includes our own surgery center on the second floor of Strong Memorial Hospital, just below the Eye Institute’s faculty practice clinic. Here our Oculoplastic and Orbital surgeons and Pediatric and Adult Strabismus surgeons are the only in the Rochester metropolitan area and surrounding region to use the Orbeye 4K 3D surgical visualization system, which provides surgeons with the most detailed view of ocular structures. We also have a second ambulatory surgery center located on Sawgrass Drive, providing more convenience for some procedures.

We’re also part of National Clinical Trials and are ranked in the top 20 in eye research funding in the United States, including an NIH-funded. So, you can be assured that our care is informed by the latest scientific discoveries.