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Adjustable Sutures in Strabismus Surgery

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Pediatric Ophthalmology

Abstract

• Adjustable sutures provide a second chance to improve the outcome of first surgery.

• Adjustable sutures may reduce the need for reoperations but add to the time and complexity of surgery.

• Ideal candidates are patients in whom the standard strabismus dosages may not apply.

• Adjustable sutures make intellectual sense, but solid data of the advantage are lacking.

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  1. Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    David G. Hunter & Bharti R. Nihalani

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioerative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    R. Scott Dingeman

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  1. Albert Florens Storm Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, 167, Ashley Avenue, 29425, Charleston, SC, USA

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Hunter, D., Dingeman, R., Nihalani, B. (2009). Adjustable Sutures in Strabismus Surgery. In: Wilson, M., Trivedi, R., Saunders, R. (eds) Pediatric Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68632-3_16

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