2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
6 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Part I: Strabismus
Chapter 14: Surgery of the Extraocular Muscles
Surgical Techniques for the Extraocular Muscles and Tendons
Stay Sutures
A stay (pull-over) suture is a temporary suture that is attached to the sclera at the limbus or under a rectus muscle insertion, brought out through the eyelids, and secured to periocular skin over a bolster to fix the eye in a selected position during postoperative healing. Some surgeons believe that this technique is particularly useful in cases with severely restricted ocular rotations. Its disadvantages are that patients experience some discomfort and that the limbal attachment of the stay suture tends to be lost before the desired interval of 10–14 days after placement.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.