Management of angle-supported intraocular lens and iridectomy in Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty.
OBJECTIVE
Effective tamponade of a Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty graft with a gas bubble requires that there is no route for the bubble to escape into the posterior chamber.


METHODS
Exchange the angle-supported anterior-chamber intraocular lens (IOL) for an iris-enclaved Artisan IOL and position the IOL haptics over the peripheral iridectomy to occlude it to the extent that no gas can pass.
Lake
Damian B
DB
Moorfields Eye Department, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Rostron
Chad K
CK
D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D032801:Iridectomy; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D054120:Phakic Intraocular Lenses; D012086:Reoperation