Scleral melting following scleral sutured intraocular lens using a polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex^®) suture.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report a case of scleral melting following implantation of a Gore-Tex^®-sutured scleral-fixated intraocular lens (SFIOL).

Methods

Single-case report.

Results

A 39-year-old man with a history of blunt trauma and crystalline lens subluxation presented with a 3-week history of left-eye pain, redness, and foreign-body sensation. He had undergone pars plana vitrectomy, and SFIOL using silk sutures one-year earlier; however, the intraocular lens (IOL) was unstable and was replaced with a Gore-Tex^® suture. On presentation, his best-corrected visual acuity was counting fingers near the face in the left eye. The left eye had episcleral and conjunctival injection, clear cornea, a deep anterior chamber with occasional cellular reaction, a peaked p

SUBMITTER: Kalantan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11959986 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature