[Surgery of strabismus performed during topical anesthesia using adjustable sutures]

Retrobulbar, peribulbar and general anaesthesia for strabismus operations all share the disadvantage that they do not permit preoperative evaluation of the effect of the operation. To overcome this problem, we now operate selected cases in topical anaesthesia, using adjustable sutures. In addition to using adjustable sutures in recession, we have developed a method of adjustable resection. During a six month period, 70% of our grown-up patients were operated by this method. We find it a useful supplement to traditional strabismus surgery, also in reoperations and in operations on paretic muscles.