Suture-Induced Astigmatism After a Circular Wound in the Rhesus Monkey
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Cornea
- Vol. 5 (1) , 25-28
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003226-198605010-00007
Abstract
Penetrating homolateral autokeratoplasties were performed in five adult rhesus monkeys to determine the influence of the length of sutures on the postoperative astigmatism both before and after suture removal. Our purpose was to minimize the effect of wound irregularities on corneal astigmatism by replacing the homolateral button without rotating it. The mean postoperative astigmatism with sutures in place was 10.55 D; suture removal reduced this to 2.37 D. Our results suggest that it is unlikely that sutures induce permanent astigmatism.Keywords
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