Surgical technique for small-incision intraocular lens exchange
Received 17 November 2008; received in revised form 1 February 2009; accepted 2 February 2009.
We present a simple, effective technique to remove an intraocular lens (IOL) via a very small incision (2.2 mm). After the IOL is carefully removed from the capsular bag, into the anterior chamber, 2 radial incisions, 35 degrees to 50 degrees apart, are made with a Vannas scissors. This results in 2 IOL pieces (maximum width of 2.70 mm) that can be easily explanted through the unenlarged small clear corneal incisions (2.2 mm) in use today.
From the Department of Ophthalmology, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece
Corresponding author: Dimitrios Kourkoutas, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, 417 Hellenic Army Shared Fund Hospital, 10-12 M. Petraki Street, 11521, Athens, Greece.
No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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