title: An improved scleral spatula needle.
abstract: I devised a new spatula needle (DO-5) that improves the performance of the established DO-1 needle of the Davis and Geck Co. The diamond-shaped tip of the needle was lengthened to improve its penetration force through the sclera and the widened shoulder of the point was narrowed to enable the needle to pass through the sclera more easily and to provide closer contact between suture and scleral tissue.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards*