title: Transsclerally sutured intraocular lenses in penetrating keratoplasty.
abstract: We reviewed the charts of 114 consecutive patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty with transscleral fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. Two patients died within three months of follow-up and were excluded from the study. In the remaining 112 patients, follow-up ranged from four to 47 months (mean, 17.2 months). Postoperative visual acuity improved in 95 patients (85%), remained the same in 13 patients (11.5%), and worsened in four patients (3.5%). In 71 patients with at least one year of follow-up, best-corrected visual acuity was 20/40 or better in 17 patients (24%), 20/50 to 20/80 in 25 patients (35%), 20/100 to 20/400 in 17 patients (24%), and counting fingers or worse in 12 patients (17%). Problems with lens decentration, tilt, dislocation, or scleral suture-related infections were minimal. Glaucoma and cystoid macular edema were the most common causes of decreased visual acuity. Four patients (3.6%) developed intraoperative choroidal detachments. Three patients (2.7%) developed rhegmatogenous retinal detachments early in the postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Heidemann
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014792:Visual Acuity