{"id":4775,"date":"2018-02-22T13:33:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/?p=4775"},"modified":"2018-03-05T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:00:59","slug":"suture-assisted-punctoplasty-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2018\/02\/22\/suture-assisted-punctoplasty-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Suture-assisted punctoplasty (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Type of publication:<\/strong><br \/>\nJournal article<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author(s):<\/strong><br \/>\n*Sachdev A.; *Sagili S.R.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation:<\/strong><br \/>\nDigital journal of ophthalmology : DJO; 2017; vol. 23 (no. 3); p. 60-62<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><br \/>\nPurpose: To describe a surgical technique in which a suture, instead of forceps, is used to improve access for the introduction of scissors and more easily achieve an appropriately-sized punctoplasty.Materials and Methods: In this technique, a new modification of the 2-snip punctoplasty, a 6-0 polyglactin 910 suture is passed through the posterior wall of the punctum to apply traction. A video of the technique is provided.Results: This technique improves the surgical field of view and eases access for introduction of Vannas scissors into the punctum to perform the punctoplasty.Conclusions: This simple and practical modification of the 2-snip punctoplasty improves instrument access so that an appropriately-sized punctoplasty can be performed with ease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5683436\/pdf\/djo-16-094.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to full-text<\/a>\u00a0[no password required]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type of publication: Journal article Author(s): *Sachdev A.; *Sagili S.R. Citation: Digital journal of ophthalmology : DJO; 2017; vol. 23 (no. 3); p. 60-62 Abstract: Purpose: To describe a surgical technique in which a suture, instead of forceps, is used<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2018\/02\/22\/suture-assisted-punctoplasty-2017\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suture-assisted punctoplasty (2017)<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[677,745,746],"class_list":["post-4775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-publication","tag-677","tag-ophthalmic-surgery","tag-punctoplasty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4820,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions\/4820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}