A Marking Suture for Use in Adjustable Strabismus Surgery

Adjustment Sensitivity of Horizontal Rectus Muscles in Adjustable Strabismus Surgery

“…1 We suggested at that time that one of the benefits derived from the use of the marking suture would be the ability of the surgeon to predict the amount of adjustment necessary to obtain the desired alignment and then to produce that adjustment quickly and accurately. 1 We suggested at that time that one of the benefits derived from the use of the marking suture would be the ability of the surgeon to predict the amount of adjustment necessary to obtain the desired alignment and then to produce that adjustment quickly and accurately.…”

“…We designed a clinical study using the marking suture to answer the following questions: (1) What is the average dioptric change in ocular alignment produced by each millime¬ ter of adjustment of a horizontal rec¬ tus muscle? (2) Is this change linear over the normally encountered range of adjustments?…”