Comparative study of continuous and interrupted sutures in cataract surgery in eye camps

In a comparative study performed to evaluate continuous and interrupted corneoscleral sutures under special conditions of eye operation camps, we performed 86 cataract extractions under local anaesthesia. Ab interno corneoscleral incisions were closed with 8/0 virgin silk suture material by three interrupted sutures in 42 cases and by five-bite continuous sutures in 44 cases. The results and complications were comparable in the two groups. Keeping in view the large number of cataract operations to be done under eye camp conditions, three interrupted sutures were found more advantageous than five-bite continuous sutures. These needed less time for placing and removal, caused less tissue damage and gave equally good results.