Abstract

CASTILLO PEREZ, Alexeide de la C.; NARANJO FERNANDEZ, Rosa M.; MENDEZ SANCHEZ, Teresita de J.  and  PEREZ PARRA, Zaadia. Adjustable sutures as a surgical alternative for strabismus correction. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2008, vol.21, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

The present paper was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of Adjustable Sutures in patients operated on with this technique (66) at the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus service of "Ramon Pando Ferrer " Ophthalmologic Institute in the period from April 2004 to January 2005, with one-year postoperative follow-up. The statistical procedure was X² test of independence. In this group of patient, the need of adjusting sutures 24 h after surgery was analyzed. In this universe of study, some preoperative parameters were determined such as corrected visual acuity, fixation, deviation angle and their relationship with surgical results. The alignment was compared after one year between the esotropia group and the exotropia group. The postoperative complications were identified one year after surgery. The suture adjustment (39 %) allowed putting the eyes in the position anticipated by the surgeon. Good corrected visual acuity, central fixation and small and medium deviation angles at the preoperative phase were associated to positive surgical results. The esotropia showed better surgical results than the exotropia. Very few complications were found by using this surgical technique.

Keywords : Adjustable Suture; exotropia; esotropia.

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