PURPOSE Immediate postoperative adjustment after adjustable-suture strabismus surgery has been suggested as a viable alternative to the classic adjustment that is performed, usually within 6 to 24 hours after surgery. The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate postoperative eye measurements with those taken 24 hours postoperatively and to determine whether there was any significant ...

PURPOSE The use of adjustable sutures in strabismus surgery has increased the rate of surgical success. Little data are available on the optimum timing for postoperative adjustment after strabismus surgery. We wanted to compare 2 common practices of adjustable suture technique after strabismus surgery. METHODS Two comparable groups of 40 patients each, who had strabismus surgery with adjustab...

PURPOSE To compare the success rates and stabilities of postoperative alignment between adjustable and the non-adjustable surgeries in the treatment of sensory exotropia. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed on all patients with sensory exotropia who had undergone unilateral lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection (R&R) between January 1998 and August 2005. Thirty-four ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the success rate of adjustable suture techniques in horizontal eye muscle surgery in children aged 10 years and younger. METHODS A retrospective review of children who had horizontal eye muscle surgery at or before the age of 10 years. Patients were divided into 1 of 2 groups according to whether a nonadjustable or an adjustable technique was used. The preoperative measure...

AIMS To assess the results of visual axis alignment following one stage adjustable suture surgery to correct vertical diplopia. METHOD Eight patients with a mean age of 44.9 years (range 16-80 years) complaining of vertical diplopia underwent rectus muscle recession under local anaesthesia with intraoperative adjustment of sutures. Diplopia was secondary to superior oblique paresis in four pa...