Adjustable Sutures
University Children’s Eye Center uses the advanced technique, pioneered and published by surgeons in the practice, of adjustable sutures in both children and adults. Adjustable sutures have been shown to significantly increase the success rate of strabismus surgery in both children and adults when compared to traditional strabismus surgery.
With adjustable sutures, the patient undergoes strabismus surgery in the morning (similar to surgery without adjustable sutures), and is later examined in the afternoon. If the eyes are fully corrected, the patient goes home with no further surgery. If the eyes require adjustment, a simple five-minute procedure under sedation is performed to reposition the eyes. Without adjustable sutures, a separate surgery would have to be performed.
Learn more about the research done by surgeons at UCEC to pioneer this technique.
With adjustable sutures, the patient undergoes strabismus surgery in the morning (similar to surgery without adjustable sutures), and is later examined in the afternoon. If the eyes are fully corrected, the patient goes home with no further surgery. If the eyes require adjustment, a simple five-minute procedure under sedation is performed to reposition the eyes. Without adjustable sutures, a separate surgery would have to be performed.
Learn more about the research done by surgeons at UCEC to pioneer this technique.