Forgotten Bridle Suture Causes Scleritis: An Uncommon Complication of Keratoplasty: Case Report

Abstract

sification surgery in which the suture passed under the superior rectus muscle to assist controlled globe movement during the anterior segment surgeries.1,2 Previously, complications of using bridle suture were reported in the literature.1,2 Pederson et al. described a case who represented an occult form of hypotony from scleral perforation by the superior rectus bridle suture.1 Kaplan et al. reported postoperative acquired ptosis after a trauma to the superior rectus muscle complex with bridle suture.2 In this paper, we report a case of a 58-year-old woman for evaluation of persistent scleritis after 19 year of partial penetrating keratoplasty (PPK).