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Figure 1: Demonstration of polypropylene suture knots on the acrylic intraocular lens. (a) Normal placement of knots on the haptics. The black arrow marks the area of suture placement in smaller eyes (white-to-white corneal diameter <11.5 mm). (b) Stretching of haptics would occur in larger eyes. (c) The soft acrylic allows the suture to cinch snugly. The depression created (gray arrow) by the suture in the haptic material minimizes slippage and prevents pseudophakodonesis |
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