title: Scleral Flap-Everting Suture for Glaucoma-filtering Surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Most filtering surgery failures develop in the early postoperative period. The possibility to apply an everting suture to lift the flap in the postoperative period and reduce the possibility of an early failure is reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical technique description.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An everting suture may be applied to the scleral flap in all types of ab externo anterior filtering surgeries. It could allow the surgeon to lift the scleral flap after the removal of the releasable sutures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of an everting suture would eliminate the need to use procedures for lifting the flap that involve puncturing the conjunctiva and may cause hemorrhages and leakage and promote scarring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and of Emergency, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figus
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Posarelli
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nasini
authors.forename: Giamberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casini
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nardi
mesh_terms: D018463:Filtering Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques