title: A modified technique for strabismus surgery in the presence of a scleral buckle.
abstract: We describe a surgical technique to perform strabismus surgery in patients with a scleral buckle that allows for the use of adjustable sutures without removing or modifying the exoplant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nejad
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pineles
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles; Doheny Eye Institute, UCLA, California; Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California. Electronic address: velez@jsei.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Velez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles; D012163:Retinal Detachment; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures