Wound healing and wound strength of sutured limbal wounds.

While tensile strength has been evaluated in the field of general surgery," to date it has not been evaluated for ophthalmic wounds. These methods for measurement of tensile strength allow objective determina­ tion and comparison of incision and suture techniques. The method to be described utilizes a tensiometer to determine the re­ gain of strength following keratome in­ cisions through the limbus of cats. Dunnington and Dunnington and Regan have described the histologie pattern of heal­ ing limbal wounds. The following study cor­ relates the histologie picture with the tensile strength as determined by the tensiometer.