SCLERAL FIXATION OF SINGLE-PIECE FOLDABLE IOL USING DOUBLE-FLANGED PROLENE SUTURE...A NEW TECHNIQUE

To describe the efficiency and visual results of a new method of transconjunctival intrascleral fixation of single-piece foldable IOL using double-flanged 6/0 prolene suture

magrabi eye hospital

jeddah

ksa

twelve aphakic eyes of 12 patients without adequate capsular support were involved in this study. Lens was prepared by passing the 6/0 prolene suture in a track in the haptic of single-piece foldable IOL created by 31 g needle. The 6/0 prolene suture was retrieved through a 30 g needle transconjunctivally to outside the globe; then, IOL was implanted and a terminal bulb was created at the outer end of the prolene suture.

All cases were aphakic after complicated phacoemulsification. In 8 cases hydrophilic IOLs were used and in 4 cases hydrophobic IOLs were used. There is clear statistically significant difference between pre-UCVA and post- UCVA.

Transconjunctival intrascleral fixation of foldable single-piece IOLs is a safe efficient method for correcting aphakia.