ADJUSTABLE SUTURES IN STRABISMUS SURGERY

Strabismus surgery with adjustable sutures of absorbable material was performed in 19 patients, aged 8–69 years, who had paralytic strabismus and/or were re‐operated. The ocular alignment was assessed at 1 week and 3–12 months post‐operatively. In 12 of the patients eye position was stable during that period. Eleven of them had good or moderate binocular vision. However, eye position changed over the follow‐up period in about half of the patients with poor binocular vision. No evidence was found for any muscle repositioning by mechanical stress during suture absorption.