Capsular Anchor for Surgical Management of Subluxated Lenses
CHAPTER 10 CAPSULAR ANCHOR FOR SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SUBLUXATED LENSES Ehud I. Assia, MD and Michael E. Snyder, MD Subluxation of the lens, either the natural crystalline lens or an…
Capsular Membrane Suture Fixation of IOLs
CHAPTER 25 CAPSULAR MEMBRANE SUTURE FIXATION OF IOLS Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH and Hala Marzouk, MD There has been tremendous progress in cataract surgery since intraocular lens (IOL) implantation…
Complications of Double-Needle Flanged Intrascleral Haptic Fixation
CHAPTER 50 COMPLICATIONS OF DOUBLE-NEEDLE FLANGED INTRASCLERAL HAPTIC FIXATION Jason Jones, MD Implanting an intraocular lens (IOL) in the absence of capsule support is complex surgery with many different…
Henderson Capsular Tension Ring
CHAPTER 5 HENDERSON CAPSULAR TENSION RING Brett P. Bielory, MD and Bonnie An Henderson, MD Background (Capsular Tension Ring Modifications) Capsular tension rings (CTRs) are curvilinear, horseshoe-shaped, polymethylmethacrylate or silicone…
Posterior Capsulorrhexis to Prevent or Manage IOL Complications
CHAPTER 20 POSTERIOR CAPSULORRHEXIS TO PREVENT OR MANAGE IOL COMPLICATIONS Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH and Hala Marzouk, MD Posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis (PCCC) is a technique that uses the…
Capsular Tension Segment Technique for IOL Fixation and Centration
CHAPTER 9 CAPSULAR TENSION SEGMENT TECHNIQUE FOR IOL FIXATION AND CENTRATION Seng-Ei Ti, FRCS(Ed), MMed(S’pore) and Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth, FRCS(G), FRCS(Ed), MMed(S’pore) Subluxated intraocular lenses (IOLs) may occur as an…
IOL Power Calculation With Sulcus or Noncapsular Fixation
CHAPTER 60 IOL POWER CALCULATION WITH SULCUS OR NONCAPSULAR FIXATION Warren E. Hill, MD, FACS The most common scenario where standard capsular fixation is not possible follows a large,…
Capsular Tension Ring Implantation and Rationale
CHAPTER 2 CAPSULAR TENSION RING IMPLANTATION AND RATIONALE Lisa Brothers Arbisser, MD Capsular tension rings (CTRs) are devices intended for implantation into the capsular bag of the crystalline lens for…
Advanced Posterior Capsulotomy Techniques
CHAPTER 21 ADVANCED POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY TECHNIQUES Lisa Brothers Arbisser, MD Repositioning subluxated intraocular lenses (IOLs) is safest and most stable when capsule fixation can be employed. When the anterior capsulotomy…
Malyugin Modified Capsular Tension Ring
CHAPTER 7 MALYUGIN MODIFIED CAPSULAR TENSION RING Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD Cataract surgeons are not infrequently faced with compromised zonules of the natural lens. It may be anticipated but often…
