CORNEAL SUTURES - IS ROUTINE REMOVAL REALLY NECESSARY

Three groups of patients were reviewed 1, 2 and 3 years after extracap sular cataract extraction to assess the incidence of problems related to nylon corneal sutures and the need for suture removal. A large perc entage of patients were found to have suture-related problems and requ ired or had previously undergone suture removal. These findings are an alysed. The potential risk of sight-threatening pathology associated w ith corneal sutures that are left in situ suggests that routine suture removal about 3 months after surgery is to be recommended.