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Year : 2017  |  Volume : 65  |  Issue : 8  |  Page : 747-750

Extraocular needle- guided haptic insertion technique of scleral fixation intraocular lens surgeries (X-NIT)


1 Department of Vitreo Retina, Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry, India
2 Department of Cornea & Refractive Surgery, Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry, India
3 Department of Glaucoma, Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry, India
4 Department of IOL, Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry, India

Correspondence Address:
Prabu Baskaran
Consultant: Vitreo-Retinal Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry - 605 007
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_296_17

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The most challenging step in sutureless scleral fixation of intraocular lens (SFIOL) is exteriorization of haptics. The conventional handshake technique has a learning curve since it involves intraocular handing over of haptics from one forceps to another. Here, we describe “extraocular needle-guided haptic insertion technique” (X-NIT), a novel technique of exteriorizing haptics that totally eliminates intraocular manipulations. This method involves sequential introduction of two bent 26-gauge needles through the sclera (pars plicata zone) into the eye which are brought out through a sclerocorneal wound. The intraocular lens haptics are threaded through these needles and exteriorized. Nineteen consecutive patients underwent surgery by this technique. There were no intraoperative complications. The mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of these patients at 1-month follow-up was 0.5 ± 0.3 (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) with 18 of 19 eyes showing one or more lines of improvement in BCVA. X-NIT is a safe, easy, cost-effective, and highly reproducible technique, especially for beginners.


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