Evaluation Success Rate in Strabismus Surgery; Adjustable vs Nonadjustable Suturing Technique

To evaluate the success rate of strabismus surgery with both adjustable and non-adjustable suture technique, Moreover, compared the success rate of these methods regardless of cause, type and amount of deviation and history of previous surgery. In this study 296 patients were included (from 2003 to 2011). Patients divided in two groups; strabismus surgery with adjustable and non-adjustable suture technique. Required information were extracted from medical records sheets and were analyzed. Of the 296 patients studied, 115 (38.9%) underwent adjustable suture surgery and 181 patients (61.1%) also operated with non-adjustable suture method. Post-operative day success (deviation less than 8 prism diopter) was 82.06% in adjustable suture technique and 65.19% in non-adjustable suture group, This is statistically significant. There was no significant relationship between a history of previous surgery and current surgery (P=0.052). Moreover, there was no statistically significant relationship between the type of surgical procedure and limitation horizontal movement (P=0.051). According to the result of previous studies and similar results have also been obtained in this study, it is suggested adjustable suture method is ideal for all types of strabismus.