Adjustable sutures in strabismus surgery.

The benefits of the adjustable suture technique for strabismus surgery include the surgeon's ability to place the eye at the exact position desired in the immediate postoperative period. Depending on the type of deviation, this may be orthophoric, slight esophoric, or slight exophoric. Unexpected postoperative results are prevented which can occur when measurements and classical surgery are done in special problems such as paretic and restrictive strabismus and in reoperations. In addition precise alignment can be made in patients with weak fusion or fusion only in certain fields of gaze, and this should decrease the need for reoperation.