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The “X” Suture for Closing Eye Wounds

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Title: The “X” Suture for Closing Eye Wounds
Author: Austin Nakatsuka, MD
Date: 6/21/2024
Description: This video describes how to make an “X” suture to close corneal or scleral eye wounds or incisions. A link to a surgery where “X” sutures were used to close a large wound: First Black Cataract
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