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The axial dimensions of eyes of macaque monkeys which had experienced long term monocular or binocular eyelid closure were measured using ultrasonography. The axial length of the vitreous chamber and total eye were significantly increased in the sutured eye of 3 monkeys and significantly decreased in the sutured eye of 2 monkeys among the 6 monocularly lid sutured subjects. Binocular eyelid suturing induced large interocular differences in these ocular dimensions. We conclude eyelid suture interrupts the regulation of posterior segment growth. This usually results in axial elongation but may also produce axial shortening.
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Thorn et al. (1981) studied this question.