Vannas Scissors for Removing Corneoscleral Sutures
Abstract
Abstract This article is written for those of us who prefer to use nonabsorbable surgical (silk) sutures instead of absorbable surgical (gut) sutures. The difficulty and danger which is sometimes encountered in removing corneoscleral sutures led me to seek a safer and easier method. First, the use of forceps was eliminated in favor of using scissors alone. For this purpose very fine-bladed cuticle (manicuring) scissors were found satisfactory except in the case of a very apprehensive and...