title: The chamber-retaining suture revisited.
abstract: In 1977, C. William Simcoe developed the anterior chamber-retaining suture as a means of preventing intraocular lens-cornea touch during intraocular lens manipulation, penetrating keratoplasty, and following filtration surgery. Though seldom remembered today, Simcoe's innovation safely and effectively insures corneal well-being following increasingly complex modern filtration and shunt procedures. The use of a combination of double-armed 9-0 nylon suture and anterior chamber-bridging straight needles simplifies placement.
authors: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: Wilson
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Moster
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014130:Trabeculectomy