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Repair of marginal eyelid defects with 7-0 chromic sutures
Philip L Custer1, Valerie Vick
1Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Purpose:
To report our experience using interrupted 7-0 chromic sutures to close marginal eyelid defects.
Methods:
A retrospective case series of patients undergoing upper or lower eyelid repair with two 7-0 chromic marginal sutures.
Results:
Nine upper and 22 lower eyelid defects were closed with the described technique. Elective removal was performed 9 to 27 days after surgery in 5 patients in whom the sutures either were no longer needed or had not spontaneously absorbed. There were no cases of suture-related corneal abrasion. Minimal notching was observed in 2 eyelids after surgery.
Conclusions:
Closure of marginal eyelid defects with 7-0 chromic sutures simplified postoperative care. There are few complications associated with this procedure, which overall provided excellent wound healing and cosmesis.
