title: Technique of intraocular lens placement to facilitate graft survival in pseudophakic eyes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: St Luke Eye Institute, Amarillo, Tex 79106-4161.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Alpar
mesh_terms: D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D013536:Suture Techniques