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Samuel B. Aronson, MD; Thomas E. Moore, Jr., MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1969;82(4):531-536.

Abstract
The role of suture in corneal inflammation was evaluated in four pigmented and six albino rabbits. In both groups of animals, monofilament nylon sutures (Ethilon) demonstrated the least severe reaction of the sutures tested.

Author Affiliations
San Francisco

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Laboratories and the Clinical Laboratories at San Francisco General Hospital, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb 4, 1969.

Reprint requests to the Department of Ophthalmology, San Francisco General Hospital, Room 1505, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco 94110 (Dr. Aronson).

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