22 September 2020>: Articles
Traumatic Aniridia and Aphakia Management with Iris Reconstruction Lens Using Gore-Tex Sutures, an Ab-Externo Approach
Management of emergency care
Efstratios Parikakis A , Georgios Batsos A* , Loukas Kontomichos F , Vasileios Peponis B , Eleni Christodoulou D , Dimitrios Karagiannis ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.924706
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e924706
Figure 1. Procedure steps and final result. (A) Beginning of the procedure, with the eye showing aphakia, subtotal aniridia, and silicone oil droplets. (B) Suture insertion from one temporal sclerotomy and externalization from the adjacent one, using the handshake technique. (C) The same step from the nasal side. (D) Externalization of 2 suture loops from a small limbal incision at 12 o’clock. (E) Ab externo preparation of the lens, with a cow hitch knot centered at the haptic holes. (F) Lens insertion from the enlarged limbal incision. (G) Rotation and pushing of the knot inside the eye. (H) End of the procedure. (I) Final result 6 months after the operation.