Polyglycolic acid sutures in cataract and extraocular muscle surgery.

Dexon was used as suture material in 26 cases of cataract surgery and in 46 cases of extraocular muscle surgery. It is better than chromic catgut in muscle surgery, since it produces less conjunctival irritation and no granulomas. In cataract surgery, on the contrary, it causes a pronounced irritation of the anterior segment and rather ofter a severe uveitis, probably because the sutures are external.