Technique of intraocular lens placement to facilitate graft survival in pseudophakic eyes.
A relatively simple and effective method is described for suturing the haptics of a posterior chamber lens to the iris when there is no capsular support to keep the lens in place. A thin plastic strip is used to keep the lens body in the front of the iris and to elevate the haptics for easier localization and placement of McCannel-type sutures.
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St Luke Eye Institute, Amarillo, Tex 79106-4161.
D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D013536:Suture Techniques