NEW ORLEANS — The jury is still out about whether adjustable or tied-off sutures are best to ensure that eye muscles remain aligned after strabismus surgery. In the absence of definitive evidence from ...

WASHINGTON — Releasable sutures can improve the results of pediatric strabismus surgery, said Ossama M. Hakim, FRCS, at the annual meeting of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . I can understand why many surgeons are not comfortable using adjustable sutures in children. It can be difficult ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

We commend Nihalani and Hunter 1 on an excellent review of the adjustable suture strabismus surgery literature, especially with regard to paediatric squints. As the authors mention, the benefits of ...

To determine the efficacy of preoperative intravenous ketorolac in reducing intraoperative and postoperative pain and improving patient satisfaction in patients undergoing single-stage adjustable ...

Sutures are medical tools used by doctors and surgeons to close a wound. Depending on your condition, a doctor will use the proper suture technique and material to stitch a wound or laceration shut.

April 6, 2012 (San Antonio, Texas) — Some strabismus surgeons operating for ocular misalignment leave their sutures long in order to be able to make postoperative adjustments. Other surgeons believe ...