title: Trans-scleral fixation of dislocated posterior chamber intraocular lenses using a 9/0 microsurgical polypropylene snare.
abstract: We describe a new technique for retrieval, sulcus relocation and trans-scleral fixation of posteriorly dislocated (posterior chamber intraocular lenses (PC-IOLs) in a closed eye using a 9/0 polypropylene snare instrument adapted specifically for this purpose. Our experience is described of the first 5 consecutive cases in which the snare was used. The posteriorly dislocated PC-IOL was successfully relocated in 4 of these cases but per-operative fracture of a lens haptic necessitated removal of the IOL in the fifth. A number of surgical techniques have already been described in the management of this problem but we consider the polypropylene snare to offer the advantages of a simpler technique that obviates the need for either manipulation of needles within the eye or complex suturing procedures.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orr
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Aylward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques