ONE-YEAR OUTCOMES OF A NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR RESCUING AND SCLERAL FIXATING A POSTERIOR DISLOCATED INTRAOCULAR LENS-BAG COMPLEX WITHOUT CONJUNCTIVAL OPENING (HOFFMAN POCKETS).
OBJECTIVE
To present the 1-year follow-up of a novel surgical technique that allows for suture fixation of a posteriorly dislocated lens-bag complex without the need for conjunctival incision.


METHODS
A retrospective chart review of 19 patients who underwent posterior chamber intraocular lens rescue using the novel surgical technique was performed. Data were collected 1 year after surgery for all patients.


RESULTS
Average preoperative vision was 20/500, whereas 3 months and 12 months postoperatively, the vision was 20/65 and 20/54, respectively. Three of 15 eyes had decentration of the sutured intraocular lens, 2 of which required additional surgical repair.


CONCLUSIONS
Outcome data at 1 year support this novel technique as a viable option for the surgical repair of a dislocated lens-capsular bag complex.
*Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; and †New Jersey Retina, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Greg
G
Budoff
Charles G
CG
Miller
Scott J
SJ
Halperin
Karen W
KW
Jeng-Miller
Howard F
HF
Fine
H Matthew
HM
Wheatley
Jonathan L
JL
Prenner
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D060437:Artificial Lens Implant Migration / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy