title: Adjustable suture use in strabismus surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This review includes updated information regarding adjustable suture strabismus surgery for children and adults.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Main themes in the literature reviewed in this article include the appropriate timing for the adjustment technique, appropriate anesthesia, recent modifications in adjustable strabismus surgery techniques, and future developments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improved timing of adjustment, improved anesthesia, and newer surgical techniques allow strabismus surgeons to offer treatment options better suited to the needs of each strabismus patient.
authors.affiliation: Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA. abuffenn@chla.usc.edu
authors.forename: Angela N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Buffenn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques