title: Scleral fixation of a foldable intraocular lens.
abstract: Scleral fixation has become more popular and is now performed by surgeons all over the world. At present, there are no available foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs) with holes that would enable tying a suture on to their haptic. We describe a method for using an available 3-piece acrylic foldable IOL with PMMA haptics for scleral fixation. This enables surgeons to benefit from the advantages of a small incision in cases when there is no need to exchange a previously implanted rigid IOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Adi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michaeli-Cohen
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Rootman
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*