Case report: Double-armed flanged polypropylene suture for repairing wide iridodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe a new technique for repairing wide iridodialysis (>180°) with a double-armed flanged polypropylene suture.

Setting

Private practice, Wuhan, China.

Design

Case report.

Methods

Adjacent to the iridodialysis side, the sclera was punctured 2 mm exterior to the corneal limbus into the anterior chamber with a 30-G needle, then the root of the de-inserted iris was punctured. A 7-0 polypropylene thread was placed into the anterior chamber through a corneal incision on the opposite side and inserted into the needle. The needle was withdrawn, leaving one side of the suture out of the eye. Then, the sclera was punctured by a new needle 2 mm from the first puncture site and passed through the iris root 2 mm from the original iris puncture point. The oth

SUBMITTER: Peng T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877622 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature