Nylon sutures for wound closure in cataract operation.

In this series of patients the use of nylon sutures in wound closure produced wounds which were watertight, secure but astigmatic. The complications which occurred from premature suture absorption were averted and suture removal was not necessary. Less postoperative astigmatism was produced with postplaced running sutures than with interrupted ones and suture knot erosion was avoided by turning suture knots into suture tracks.