The use of sutures in cataract surgery

ABSTRACT

1) The use of suture to coaptate the wound in cataract surgery enables the ophthalmologist to remove cataracts from cases he would hesitate to operate on without its aid. It gives early and more freedom of movement to the patient2) It will enable him to be less timid in the various steps of the operation, to avert disaster, should prolapse of the vitreous occur, to be more sure of his toilet of the wound, and to lessen his operative and post-operative complications3) Although it lengthens and complicates the operation, requiring proper materials and much practice, suturing of the operative wound in cataract surgery will increase the "batting average" of an ophthalmologist in obtaining a higher percentage of useful and good visual results4) After having given methods of suturing used in different ophthalmologist centers in the United States a trial in the first thirty-five cases of 100 consecutive cataract extractions, I have found McLeans suture the ideal suture. (Summary and Conclusion)