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Modification to sutureless scleral fixation for placing secondary IOL proposed
A proposed modification to sutureless scleral fixation during placement of a secondary IOL entails using a 24-gauge intravenous catheter to create and hold open the scleral tunnels for threading the haptics through the sclera. Once the haptics are secure, the catheters are then removed.“When performing prior cases of sutureless scleral fixation of an IOL, we found that a challenging step of the procedure was tucking the haptics into the scleral tunnels,” Joseph D. Benevento, MD, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told Ocular (Read more...)