[Suture technique for perforating keratoplasty (author's transl)]

Abstract

The usual suture techniques in connection with perforating keratoplasty and the pulling direction of the threads are described. Especially unfavorable are the verticle factors with relation to the radial and diagonal continuous suture, which necessarily lead to a gaping of the inner and outer wound fissure. The double continuous diagonal suture (cross-stitch suture) seems to come closest to the goal of attaining as uniform a sealing of the wound fissure as possible with as small an amount of suture material as possible. This suture technique is therefore recommended for perforating keratoplasty.