Objective: To determine whether an adjustable suture technique is clinically useful in levator recession surgery.
Design: Consecutive clinical series.
Setting: Inpatient hospital and ambulatory surgical center.
Participants: Ten patients who were undergoing levator recession surgical procedures for correction of eyelid retraction constituted the group of subjects of this study.
Outcome measures: Outcome measures included margin-reflex distance and palpebral fissure measurements.
Results: Postoperative margin-reflex distance and palpebral fissure measurements were within 0.5 mm of the desired eyelid position in 10 or 14 procedures and within 1 mm of the desired position in 12 of 14 procedures.
Conclusion: Adjustable sutures may be a useful adjunct in levator recession surgery.