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INTERRUPTED 10/0 NYLON SUTURES IN PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY
Author(s) -
Robertson Ian R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1978.tb00266.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , ophthalmology
Summary Slow insecure wound healing is a feature of continuous 10/0 monofilament nylon sutures in penetrating corneal grafts. Interrupted sutures of the same type promote more rapid healing but more corneal vascularization occurs; however, if interrupted 10/0 monofilament nylon sutures are removed before blood vessels enter the graft then steroid eye drops can be stopped sooner. No graft displacement or rejection occurred when interrupted monofilament nylon sutures were used in 9 eyes exhibiting a variety of severe corneal diseases.