Secondary in-the-bag intraocular lens implantation following removal of Soemmering ring contents
Accepted 8 March 2008.
We describe a technique for removing and replacing a problematic sulcus intraocular lens (IOL) in the presence of a thick, large Soemmering ring and implanting a secondary IOL in the bag. This is accomplished by creating a new capsulotomy peripheral to the fibrosed original capsule opening, removing the secondary cataract, and placing the haptics of the IOL in the bag.
From the Gimbel Eye Centre (Gimbel, Venkataraman), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and the Department of Ophthalmology (Gimbel), Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Gimbel), University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Corresponding author: Howard V. Gimbel, MD, Gimbel Eye Centre, 450, 4935–40 Avenue Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 2N1.
Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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