Adjustable Sutures in Constant Exotropia

Material and Methods: The study was conducted in LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital Karachi from April 2010 to March 2011. This was a retrospective study of eighteen patients who were operated for strabismus by adjustable suture technique. Preoperative assessment and postoperative results, all were reviewed from hospital record. All patients included in this study were exotropic preoperatively. After the surgery, adjustment of sutures was done after the effect of anesthesia wore off. The main outcome measures were a need for reoperation, patients’ satisfaction with regard to final cosmetic appearance, and change in angle of deviation at the end of follow up. Follow up period was six months.