A simple snare for transscleral fixation of dislocated intraocular lenses.
OBJECTIVE
The construction and use of a surgical snare in retrieving and securing posterior chamber intraocular lenses is described.


METHODS
The snare consists of a 10-O polypropylene suture threaded into a 25-gauge retrobulbar needle. This is used after a pars plana vitrectomy to retrieve the dislocated intraocular lens. The needle attached to the polypropylene suture is used to secure the lens haptic 1.5 mm behind the limbus. Two snares are used to secure the two lens haptics.


CONCLUSIONS
The snare is easy to make with readily available materials. The use of this snare involves less intraocular and extraocular manipulations than other described methods.
Poon
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Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne Victoria.
Clark
J B
JB
Grey
R H
RH
Markham
R H
RH
D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011126:Polypropylenes; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures
D011126:Polypropylenes