TY - JOUR A1 - Jacob, Pushpa A1 - Thomas, Ravi A1 - Mahajan, Anuradha A1 - Mathai, Annie A1 - Gieser, Stephen A1 - Raju, Renu T1 - Releasable suture technique for trabeculectomy Y1 - 1993/4/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 81 EP - 82 VL - 41 IS - 2 UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1993;volume=41;issue=2;spage=81;epage=82;aulast=Jacob N2 - We studied the effect of the releasable suture technique on immediate postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP). Nine eyes of nine patients with glaucoma had trabeculectomy with a releasable suture. In the six eyes that did not receive antimitotics, the suture was released by the fifth postoperative day; in the others suture release was delayed up to the fourteenth day. Of the nine patients, one had an acceptable postoperative IOP and did not need suture release; in another the suture broke and could not be released. In the remaining seven patients, the difference between the pre-release and post-release IOP was statistically significant (p < 0.001). The complications of this technique include failed suture release, subconjunctival hematoma and a distinctive "windshield wiper" keratopathy. ER -