Bc. Little et al., TRANSSCLERAL FIXATION OF DISLOCATED POSTERIOR CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR LENSES USING A 9 0 MICROSURGICAL POLYPROPYLENE SNARE/, Eye, 7, 1993, pp. 740-743
We describe a new technique for retrieval, sulcus relocation and trans
-scleral fixation of posteriorly dislocated (posterior chamber intraoc
ular lenses (PC-IOLs) in a closed eye using a 9/0 polypropylene snare
instrument adapted specifically for this purpose. Our experience is de
scribed of the first 5 consecutive cases in which the snare mas used.
The posteriorly dislocated PC-IOL was successfully relocated in 4 of t
hese cases but per-operative fracture of a lens haptic necessitated re
moval of the IOL in the fifth. A number of surgical techniques have al
ready been described in the management of this problem but me consider
the polypropylene snare to offer the advantages of a simpler techniqu
e that obviates the need for either manipulation of needles within the
eye or complex suturing procedures.