title: A technique for knotting a suture around the loops of a dislocated intraocular lens, within the eye, for fixation in the ciliary sulcus.
abstract: I describe a new, simpler, technique for attaching a suture to the haptic of a dislocated posterior chamber lens implant. A 10-0 polypropylene suture is used, doubly armed with straight needles. This technique has been used successfully in five cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Guayaquil City Hospital, Ecuador.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Navia-Aray
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes