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7025812

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
The results of 84 consecutive penetrating keratoplasties in which a double running suture technique was used are presented herein. The second suture was smaller, looser, and more superficial than the first, causing less corneal distortion, thus allowing better visual acuity. The two sutures were removed at two and 12 months after transplantation. The visual acuities attained were almost as good at three months as at 13 months, and the graft curvature did not change notably from three to 12 months after keratoplasty. There were only two instances of postoperative wound dehiscence (2.4%). Thus, the double running suture technique allowed early visual rehabilitation without increasing the risk of corneal dehiscence from early suture removal.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-9950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1591-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Results of penetrating keratoplasty using a double running suture technique.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.