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SUBMITTER: Sachdev MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7942087 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Indian journal of ophthalmology 20210301 3
Numerous techniques of pupilloplasty have been described to restore iris anatomy. However limitations arise in phakic eyes due to the propensity for crystalline lens damage. We describe a novel technique for pupilloplasty in phakic eyes, wherein a plate haptic intraocular lens or phakic intraocular lens provides a scaffold and protects the anterior crystalline lens from subsequent surgical manoeuvres. The technique is demonstrated in a 24-year-old male who presented four months following blunt t ...[more]