8-0 Polypropylene Suture Looping and Overhand Knot: Transconjunctival Approach to Four-Point Scleral Fixation of an Akreos Adapt Intraocular Lens
| Autor: | Wenhua Zhu, Gongqiang Yuan, Chunli Liu, Shijiu Chen, Jingjing Zhang, Tianhui Shan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Intraocular pressure Visual acuity genetic structures business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Intraocular lens General Medicine medicine.disease Aphakia eye diseases Sclera Ophthalmology Fixation (surgical) medicine.anatomical_structure Vitreous hemorrhage medicine sense organs medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.). |
| ISSN: | 1539-2864 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE To evaluate a novel surgical technique for transscleral fixation of the intraocular lens (IOL) with four hollow haptics using 8-0 polypropylene suture looping and overhand knot. METHODS An 8-0 polypropylene suture was tied to a 10-0 polypropylene suture with an overhand knot. One set of 8-0 polypropylene suture was then passed through the IOL four haptics. The suture knot was buried by rotating into the sclera tunnel. Best-corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and complications were determined. RESULTS The IOLs were fixed with using an 8-0 polypropylene suture in 13 eyes of 11 patients with aphakia and dislocated crystalline lens. The mean preoperative corrected distance visual acuity was 0.71 ± 0.58 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (Snellen 20/103), and it improved to 0.24 ± 0.25 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (Snellen 20/35) at the final follow-up (P < 0.05). No vitreous hemorrhage, hypotony, suture exposed, and pupillary capture of the IOL were observed in any of the patients. CONCLUSION We have developed a new technique for transscleral IOL fixation with one set of an 8-0 polypropylene suture tied to a 10-0 polypropylene suture with an overhand knot. The overhand knot offers the opportunity to use an 8-0 polypropylene suture for the long-term safety and may not require the surgeon to learn any new technique. |
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