Sutures Used in Ophthalmic Surgery Are Very Fine and Range

Sutures used in ophthalmic surgery are very fine and range in size from 4-0 to 10-0. Handling and arming these sutures can be a challenge for the surgical technologist with uncorrected presbyopia. Eye sutures should be handled as little as possible to avoid:

A) weakening and fraying.
B) causing the formation of needle burrs.
C) losing sutures among the drapes or on the floor.
D) reaction and discomfort for the patient.