title: [Sutureless incision for intraocular lens implantation].
abstract: The technique of incisional construction, the degree of automatic closure and the results of postoperative induced corneal astigmatism were reported in a series of 50 eyes with 5.5 mm sutureless incision for 6.0 mm PMMA intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. The patients ages ranged from 8 to 72 years. In this study, I-stage implantation was performed on 13 eyes and II-stage implantation, on 37 eyes. In this group, 19 aphakic eyes had had the histories of penetrating injuries and 1 to 3 times of operations. 15 aphakic eyes had had histories of senile cataract extractions, 14 eyes were congenital cataracts and another 2 eyes were other kinds. The surgical maneuvers included an external scleral frown incision 5 mm in chord length, a scleral-tunnel dissection and a corneal internal valve incision into the corneal limbus for 1 mm and keeping horizontally 6.0 mm in width. All the implantations were smooth, incisions closed watertightly without leakage or shallow anterior chamber. The means value of induced corneal astigmatism was -0.16(0.71)D with a range of +1.00 to -1.50 D. The complications were less than that of sutured operations. The results suggest that sutureless incision be safe, reliable, self-closed tightly, less induced astigmatism and could be a better kind of incision for standard IOL implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques