Sergienko NM, Kondratenko YN, Yakimov AK. Capsule fixation device for cataract surgery.
Eur J Ophthalmol 2009;
19:143-6. [PMID:
19123164 DOI:
10.1177/112067210901900123]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
The authors present a patient with Marfan syndrome who underwent cataract surgery using a novel device for fixation of capsular bag.
METHODS
The capsule fixation device (CFD) is poly(methyl methacrylate) arch with double-armed bent hook that can be introduced into the anterior chamber through the clear corneal incision, placed with a rest on the capsule equator, and sutured to the sclera without injury of the capsular bag. A 16-year-old patient with Marfan syndrome underwent consecutive phacoemulsification with in-the-bag intraocular lens and CFD implantation on both eyes.
RESULTS
During the surgery handling the CFD was technically simple with good visualization. The preoperative best-corrected visual acuity was 0.3 and 0.1 and postoperatively 0.6 and 0.8 in the right and left eyes, respectively. The postoperative follow-up was over 9 months.
CONCLUSIONS
Use of the CFD was successful in a case of lens subluxation with no complications observed during the period of follow-up.
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