Choose the best needle shape from above for the following tasks:
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The correction of an esotropia using resection
and recession of the rectus muscles.
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Suturing of a full thickness corneal graft in a patient with keratoconus.
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Suturing of iris following a broad iridectomy.
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Suturing of the tarsal plate following full thickness eyelid
excision of a basal cell carcinoma.
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Closure of a skin defect without risk of the needle cutting through
the surface.
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