title: Filtering blebs at the site of sutured posterior chamber intraocular lenses.
abstract: A 78-year-old man with a traumatic giant retinal tear and phacodonesis had 3-port pars plana vitrectomy (3PPPV), lensectomy, and sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Two years after surgery, a filtration bleb was noted at 1 of the suture sites. In another case, a 32-year-old man with lens subluxation secondary to Marfan's syndrome had 3PPPV, lensectomy, and sutured posterior chamber IOL implantation. Two months after surgery, a filtration bleb was noted at 1 of the suture sites. Sutured posterior chamber IOL implantation is 1 of the few instances in which there is virtually a full-thickness suture through the sclera. We presume the filtering bleb formed as a direct result of the permanent passage created from the posterior chamber to the subconjunctiva due to presence of the suture. Presence of a filtering bleb can lead to complications including endophthalmitis.
authors.affiliation: Vitreo-Retinal Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001768:Blister / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy