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Film 108499 Fused Flange. A new Technique of "IOL-Capsular Bag” Complex Iris Fixation
April 2025
Meeting: 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Producers: Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD; Maxim Nikulin, PhD; Alexander Shilovskikh, MD
Category: New Techniques
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Several techniques have been proposed to recover displaced IOLs including IOL refixation to the sclera or to the iris and IOL exchange. McCanel and Siepser sliding knot techniques are the most widely used for IOL iris suturing as well as iris repair. Here we present the novel technique of lens refixation to the iris utilizing the 9-0 double thread forged together with the bipolar cautery.