Subluxation of transscleral sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens (TSIOL).
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate factors related to late-onset transscleral sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens (TSIOL) subluxation.


METHODS
Retrospective observational case series. Analysis of subluxated TSIOLs in seven eyes from seven patients treated between May 1999 and May 2001.


RESULTS
Mean age at the time of TSIOL surgery was 33 +/- 6 years. Mean time from TSIOL surgery to its subluxation was 78 +/- 19 months. Initial diagnoses requiring TSIOL surgeries were previous history of trauma and Marfan syndrome. Subluxation of TSIOLs was associated with blunt trauma in three eyes, whereas the other four eyes experienced spontaneous lens dislocation.


CONCLUSIONS
Subluxation of TSIOL is not uncommon in younger patients with history of trauma or Marfan syndrome.
Kim
Jeehee
J
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-6485, USA. jeehee@u.washington.edu
Kinyoun
James L
JL
Saperstein
David A
DA
Porter
Stacy L
SL
D000328:Adult; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications