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PREOPERATIVE DIA 1. History of corneoscleral laceration, right eye. 2. History of retained sutures, right eye. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Same. PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Removal of retained sutures, anterior cornea, right eye. ANESTHESIA: General anesthesia. INDICATIONS: This 17-year-old white male who suffered a severe injury to his eye with multiple lacerations of his right cornea has now recovered to the point that his vision is correctable with a contact lens to 20/25; however, there is a large amount of suture material, and it was elected to remove the sutures at this time. PROCEDURE: After the patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion for ophthalmic surgery and he was under general anesthesia, the lid speculum was used to separate the lids of the right eye. Healon was placed over the sutures, a Super knife was used to cut them, and they were pulled with a combination of straight tiers and 0.12 forceps. One suture remained deeply buried and was left alone. None of the scleral sutures were removed. There were no complications and the chamber remained intact. He was patched with TobraDex ointment without Telfa for 24 hours, and we will make arrangements to see him within the week.
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