Loop suture technique for optional adjustment in strabismus surgery
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Short tag noose technique for optional and late suture adjustment in strabismus surgery.
OBJECTIVE To present and evaluate a new technique that allows the second-stage suture adjustment in strabismus surgery to be skipped or delayed if the immediate postoperative alignment is satisfactory. METHODS The "short tag noose" technique replaces long sutures with short tags that can be left under the conjunctiva after adjustment. Retrospectively, the medical records of all patients treat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0974-9233
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.114797