evaluation success rate in strabismus surgery; adjustable vs non-adjustable suturing technique

purpose: to evaluate the success rate of strabismus surgery with both adjustable and non-adjustable suture technique, moreover,also compared the success rate of these methods regardless of cause, type and amount of deviation is aand history of previous surgery. methods: in this study 296 patients were included (fromduring 2003 to 2011). patients divided in two groups; strabismus surgery with adjustable and non-adjustable suture technique. required information were extracted from medical records sheets and were analyzed. results: of the 296 patients studied, 115 (38.9%) underwent adjustable suture surgery and 181 patients (61.1%) also operated with non- adjustable suture method. post- operative day success (deviation less than 8 prism diopter) was 82.06% in adjustable suture technique and 65.19% in non-adjustable suture group, this is statistically significant. there was no significant relationship between a history of previous surgery and current surgery (p= 0.052). moreover, tthere was no statistically significant relationship between the type of surgical procedure and limitation horizontal movement (p = 0.051). conclusion: according to the result of previous studies and similar results have also been obtained in this study, it is suggested adjustable suture method is ideal for all types of strabismus.