[Adjustable sutures in various types of strabismus operations: surgical techniques]

The paper presents the operations of strabismus conducted with the use of adjustable sutures. The surgical technique, together with modifications, and the criteria applied to patients' surgical qualification have been described. The adjustable suture technique allows for fine tuning of ocular alignment in the immediate postoperative period while the patients is free of the effects of anesthesia. The most important indication for an adjustable suture is complicated reoperations, including paralytic strabismus, large--angle strabismus, reoperations, and thyroid myopathy. In these situations, the standard tables for surgical measurements do not apply, and results with the fixed--suture technique are unpredictable.