11-0 Mersilene alone as a single running suture in corneal grafts

The continuous edge-to-edge suture in full-thickness corneal grafts.

A new suture needle for corneal surgery.

IT occurred to me some time ago that, if one used a straight needle so that in placing sutures there was no bending force applied by the needle-holder, this needle could be greatly reduced in diameter. This smaller cross-section would in turn allow it to penetrate tough tissue such as the cornea much more easily. Further, I felt that with a straight needle one could place sutures much more accu...

Metopic suture in fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the development of the metopic suture in fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation. METHODS Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound was used to measure the height and gap between the frontal bones in 200 normal fetuses and in nine fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 (median, 12) weeks of gestation. RESULTS In the 200 normal fetus...

OPACIFICATION IN PERFORATING CORNEAL GRAFTS*t

As the success ofa grafting operation ultimately depends upon the transparency of the graft, the problem of opacification is of great interest and practical importance to the ophthalmic surgeon. This paper is the result of the study of some fifty personal cases in an attempt to elucidate certain aspects of the problem as it occurs in perforating corneal grafts. A graft may become opaque for one...

Donor cell survival in corneal grafts.

and connective tissue bands is strongly reduced. Imaging advantages in characterizing the pulleys have been attributed to secondary and tertiary gaze positions. Hence, ocular movement amplitudes larger than those investigated in our current publication are necessary to provide better insight. At present, spatial resolution of the published images generally is not high enough to separate horizon...