Trocar-assisted, flanged haptics, sutureless intrascleral fixated intraocular lens implantation combined with Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

This article reports a combined technique of sutureless intrascleral fixated intraocular lens implantation and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in a patient with anterior pseudophakic bullous keratopathy. Two scleral tunnels were created, corneal incisions were made, and a foldable intraocular lens was cut and removed from the anterior chamber. After performing anterior vitrectomy, a 3-piece foldable intraocular lens was implanted into the anterior chamber. One of the intraocular lens haptics was grasped with a forceps and pulled out from the scleral tunnel. Then, the end of the haptic was cauterized. Similar maneuvers were applied for the other haptic. Next, an 8-mm-diameter donor tissue was prepared, and the recipient endothelial tissue was peeled and removed from the center of the recipient cornea. The prepared donor tissue was injected into the anterior chamber. After proper opening and placement of the donor tissue, an air bubble was injected below the tissue. There were no postoperative complications during the 1-month follow-up.RESUMO Relato de uma t écnica que combina o implante de uma lente intraocular com fixação intraescleral sem sutura e uma ceratoplastia endotelial da membrana de Descemet em paciente com ceratopatia bolhosa pseudofácica anterior. Foram criados dois túneis esclerais. Foram feitas incisões na córnea e a lente intraocu lar dobrável foi cortada e removida da câmara anterior. Foi então efetuada uma vitrectomia anterior e uma lente ...
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia - Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research