Film 82872: A Stitch in Time: IOL Retraction Suture | ASCRS
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Film 82872: A Stitch in Time: IOL Retraction Suture
April 2022
Meeting: 2022 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Presenting Author: Lional Raj Daniel Raj Ponniah, MD
Category: Cataract Complications
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An IOL retraction suture is a very simplest way by which an IOL drop into the vitreous cavity could be avoided, in addition to helping in identification and re-grabbing of IOL haptics when inadvertently lost during externalization process in scleral fixations or in sulcus fixations in cases with deficient posterior capsule, thus preventing major complications and vitreoretinal interventions.

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