Novel use of an adjustable single 8–0 polypropylene suture of scleral fixation without conjunctival dissection
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Scleral fixation without conjunctival dissection.
Scleral fixation of intraocular lenses (IOLs) and adjunctive capsular devices can be performed under the protection of a scleral flap. A modification of this technique uses a scleral pocket initiated through a peripheral clear corneal incision. Full-thickness passage of a double-armed suture through the scleral pocket and conjunctiva, with subsequent retrieval of the suture ends through the ext...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ophthalmology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-020-01558-y