Transscleral Fixation of Intraocular Lens Using the Triple Cow-Hitch Method.
10.3341/jkos.2011.52.11.1370
- Author:
Jongsoo JOO
1
;
You Kyung LEE
;
Chang Rae RHO
;
Yong Soo BYUN
;
Choun Ki JOO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. ckjoo@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aphakia;
Intraocular lens;
Scleral fixation;
Triple cow-hitch method;
XL Stabi ZO
- MeSH:
Aphakia;
Eye;
Humans;
Keratoplasty, Penetrating;
Lenses, Intraocular;
Macular Edema;
Sutures;
Visual Acuity;
Vitrectomy
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2011;52(11):1370-1376
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report the results of scleral suture fixation using a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) with 3 hollow haptics through a small corneal incision, the Triple Cow-Hitch Method. CASE SUMMARY: Three-point suture fixation of a XL Stabi ZO IOL was performed in 5 eyes of 5 patients with aphakia after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), vitrectomy and subluxated lens extraction. Postoperatively, the corrected distance visual acuity and spherical equivalent improved in all measured eyes. There were no cases of pigment dispersion or cystoid macular edema (CME). CONCLUSIONS: In this preliminary study, the triple cow-hitch method of suturing a hydrophilic acrylic IOL is an alternative to the conventional 2-point scleral fixation of sutured IOLs.
