title: Modified sutureless sclerotomies for pars plana vitrectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a modified technique for performing sutureless sclerotomies for pars plana vitrectomy and to examine its efficacy and safety.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, interventional case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-sealing sclerotomies were created in 35 consecutive cases by oblique penetration of the sclera with a 19G MVR blade.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All but two (2.9%) of the sclerotomies were watertight without suturing at the end of surgery. A conjunctival bleb was observed during the first postoperative week in one case, but it resolved without intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Construction of sutureless sclerotomies by this technique is simpler and more rapid compared with previously described techniques. The resulting sclerotomies are more resistant to stretching and tearing of the tunnel's roof, they rarely need suturing, and insertion of instruments is facilitated.
authors.affiliation: Edith Wolfson Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. itamary@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Itamar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yeshurun
authors.forename: Tali
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: Elisha
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bartov
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D012599:Sclerostomy / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*