Hamard H, Pouliquen Y, Bernard J A, Caumon C, Chevallier C, Marsault M, Sotton J, Vidal R
Arch Ophtalmol (Paris). 1977;37(10):583-96.
Authors report polyglactin suture's experience in anterior segment surgery. Absorbable sutures have good tolerance, their disappearing delay is slow enough to allow good scar. Experiment shows that absorption is secondary to hydrolysis without inflammatory or necrotic reaction.