Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 12 , Pages 2051-2053, December 2009

Needle-guided intrascleral fixation of posterior chamber intraocular lens for aphakia correction

Presented at the 30th Congress of the Northern Ophthalmological Society, Santander, Spain, November 2008.

From the Instituto Clínico Quirúrgico de Oftalmología (Rodríguez-Agirretxe), Bilbao, Hospital de Mendaro (Rodriguez-Agirretxe, Ubeda-Erviti), Mendaro, Guipuzcoa and Bioftalmik SL. (Acera-Osa), Zamudio, Vizcaya, Spain

Received 25 January 2009; received in revised form 20 June 2009; accepted 22 June 2009.

We present a technique for the surgical correction of aphakia that allows intrascleral fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) without sutures. The technique is useful in situations in which one haptic has to be fixated and capsule support is adequate for fixation of the second haptic. The haptic is externalized with a 25-gauge needle; no surgical instrumentation other than that needed for conventional cataract surgery is used. The technique is particularly appropriate for 3-piece IOLs with flexible haptics.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00888-8

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.06.044

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 12 , Pages 2051-2053, December 2009

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