title: Simple approach to secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in patients without a complete posterior lens capsule support.
abstract: We describe a simple new method of implanting secondary posterior chamber intraocular lenses (PC-IOLs) with ciliary sulcus fixation in patients with complete posterior lens capsule support. Two pairs of PC-9 needles (Alcon Surgical, Fort Worth, Tex) are involved, each pair connected by the Girth Hitch method, with a guiding needle on one end and a tying needle on the other. This ab externo technique overcomes many of the disadvantages noted in previous reports on secondary PC-IOL implantation.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Yokufuukai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hara
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D013536:Suture Techniques