The corneo-scleral track suture; a new technique.

VERY many different corneo-scleral stitches are used in cataract extraction, and it is generally agreed that such stitches should be capable of closing the corneo-scleral section promptly at any stage of the operation with perfect apposition of the lips of the wound and without danger of inversion. It should, furthermore, be simple to introduce, and not hinder the subsequent steps of the operation. For obvious reasons a suture placed before beginning the corneo-scleral section is to be preferred.