Via pars plana anterior iris enclavation IOL fixation

Tomaso Caporossi; Ruggero Tartaro; Giancarlo Albani; Francesco Barca; Fabrizio Giansanti; Stanislao Rizzo

doi:10.18240/ijo.2021.05.20

Via pars plana anterior iris enclavation IOL fixation

Int J Ophthalmol. 2021 May 18;14(5):774-776. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2021.05.20. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Tomaso Caporossi¹, Ruggero Tartaro¹, Giancarlo Albani¹, Francesco Barca¹, Fabrizio Giansanti¹, Stanislao Rizzo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence 50139, Italy.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Sacred-Heart Foundation "Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome 00168, Italy.

Abstract

Aim: To describe a via pars plana anterior iris enclavation intraocular lens (IOL) fixation technique.

Methods: A total of 35 consecutive aphakic vitrectomised patients (average age 71.12±10.12y) underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and via pars plana anterior iris enclavation IOL fixation.

Results: The mean preoperative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.11±0.14 logMAR, the mean postoperative BCVA was 0.07±0.11 logMAR. The preoperative mean spherical equivalent was 7.22±4.21 D. The final mean spherical equivalent was -0.25±0.15 D. No eyes had hypotony, retinal or choroidal detachment or endophthalmitis.

Conclusion: This technique may be a safe and useful in the case of aphakia, and a prospective study would be useful to confirm this findings.

Keywords: IOL luxation; cystoid macular edema; iris enclavation IOL; via pars plana vitrectomy.

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