Adjustable sutures: who needs them?

Adjustable sutures in strabismus surgery: why surgeons either love them or hate them after three decades.

Strabismus surgeons continually seek to achieve the best results from their surgery, which means stable motor alignment and sensory improvement with a minimum number of procedures. But the tables and algorithms that we employ for the number of muscles to be included in the surgery, and for the doses of surgery, are often not appropriate for difficult or unpredictable cases. The ability to modif...

Adjustable versus non-adjustable sutures for strabismus.

BACKGROUND Strabismus, or squint, can be defined as a deviation from perfect ocular alignment and can be classified in many ways according to its aetiology and presentation. Treatment can be broadly divided into medical and surgical options, with a variety of surgical techniques being available, including the use of adjustable or non-adjustable sutures for the extraocular muscles. There exists ...

Adjustable sutures in squint surgery.

One stage adjustable sutures: practical aspects.

Strabismus surgery using one stage adjustable sutures was carried out under local anaesthesia in six patients with good results. The criteria for patient selection and the surgical technique are discussed.

Delayed adjustable sutures: a multicentred clinical review.

PURPOSE To characterise the results of the largest patient series to date undergoing closed conjunctival delayed adjustable suture techniques. METHODS A multicentre retrospective review of 440 operations (patients aged 10-91 years) by five surgeons at four centres were evaluated for surgical outcomes associated with the delayed adjustable suture technique. RESULTS 26% (116 of 440) of all pa...