title: Corneal autograft patches for covering exposed transscleral sutures.
abstract: This article details the authors' experience with a relatively unknown technique for covering exposed ends of transscleral sutures. During combined transscleral suturing of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) with a penetrating keratoplasty, buttons from the excised recipient cornea are sutured with 10-0 nylon over the protruding suture ends. This technique has been used successfully in four cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wender
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lapid-Gortzak
mesh_terms: D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009757:Nylons; D011126:Polypropylenes; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D009757:Nylons; D011126:Polypropylenes