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Shinki Chin, MD, PhD; Kazuhiko Yoshida, MD, PhD; Yasuhiro Shinmei, MD, PhD; Maiko Aoyagi, MD; Akari Saito, MD; Shigeaki Ohno, MD, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(12):1756-1758.

We examined both a parallel and a cross technique in comparison with operations not using block suture. Of the 44 eyes that underwent surgery without block suture, aqueous leakage occurred in 4 eyes (9.0%). Of 51 eyes that underwent the parallel technique, 1 eye (2.0%) leaked from the limbus incision. In contrast, leaks were not detected in any of the 58 eyes that underwent the cross technique.

Author Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.

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