Single wound, in situ tying technique for iris repair

G S Ogawa1, G M O'Gawa

  • 1Division of Ophthalmology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA.

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers
|November 24, 1998
PubMed

The authors describe a technique for placing and tying interrupted iris sutures in virtually any area of the iris using only a single limbal paracentesis wound. The tying is performed with conventional knot-forming techniques outside the eye before the throws are pulled into the anterior chamber and tightened with the desired 180 degrees tension on the suture ends. During suture tying, the iris stays in situ rather than being stretched and distorted.

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