A REFINED TECHNIQUE OF TRANSSCLERAL SUTURE FIXATION OF POSTERIOR CHAMBER LENSES DEVELOPED FOR CASES OF COMPLICATED CATARACT-SURGERY WITH VITREOUS LOSS

Authors
MITTELVIEFHAUS H WIEK J
Citation
H. Mittelviefhaus et J. Wiek, A REFINED TECHNIQUE OF TRANSSCLERAL SUTURE FIXATION OF POSTERIOR CHAMBER LENSES DEVELOPED FOR CASES OF COMPLICATED CATARACT-SURGERY WITH VITREOUS LOSS, Ophthalmic surgery, 24(10), 1993, pp. 698-701
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
Ophthalmic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
24
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
698 - 701
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1993)24:10<698:ARTOTS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Described is a new technique of transscleral suture fixation of poster ior chamber intraocular lenses (PC-IOLs) designed to simplify the proc edure in cases of complicated cataract surgery with vitreous loss. Sli ng-sutures are hooked to both haptics of the PC-IOL and the transscler al sutures are buried in scleral tissue without scleral flaps. This sc leral-slit technique, which has been successfully used in 20 patients, provides a useful alternative, even in destabilized eyes, to techniqu es that require preparation of scleral flaps.