title: Suture fixation of iris-claw intraocular lens.
abstract: We report a technique to surgically manage the damaged haptic of an iris-claw intraocular lens (IOL). An 89-year-old woman initially presented with a subluxated posterior chamber IOL that was exchanged for an Artisan iris-claw IOL. The IOL had been enclavated nasally and temporally, but it deenclavated nasally 4 weeks postoperatively. During surgery to reposition the IOL, 1 haptic of the nasal claw was seen to be damaged. It was sutured to the iris with 10-0 polypropylene using a CIF-4 needle. The postoperative outcome was good.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Amandeep S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Devesh K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: Iqbal Ike K
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes