{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["64(2)"],"submitter":["Can E"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Aim of study</h4>To describe a simplified ab-interno cow-hitch suture fixation technique for repositioning decentered posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL).<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Two cases are presented with the surgical correction of decentered and subluxated IOL. Ab-interno scleral suture fixation technique with hitch-cow knot in the eye was performed with a ciliary sulcus guide instrument and 1 year follow-up was completed.<h4>Results</h4>Both of the patients had well centered lenses postoperatively. Corrected distant and near visual acuities of the patients were improved. There was no significant postoperative complication. In the follow-up period of 1 year, no evidence of suture erosion was found.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Ab-interno scleral suture loop fixation with hitch-cow knot in the eye was effective in repositioning decentered or subluxated PC IOLs with excellent postoperative centered lenses and visual outcomes."],"journal":["Indian journal of ophthalmology"],"pagination":["124-6"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4850806"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Ab-interno scleral suture loop fixation with cow-hitch knot in posterior chamber intraocular lens decentration."],"pmcid":["PMC4850806"],"pubmed_authors":["Gul A","Ozturk HE","Can E","Kocak N","Yucel OE","Sayin O"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ab-interno scleral suture loop fixation with cow-hitch knot in posterior chamber intraocular lens decentration.","description":"<h4>Aim of study</h4>To describe a simplified ab-interno cow-hitch suture fixation technique for repositioning decentered posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL).<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Two cases are presented with the surgical correction of decentered and subluxated IOL. Ab-interno scleral suture fixation technique with hitch-cow knot in the eye was performed with a ciliary sulcus guide instrument and 1 year follow-up was completed.<h4>Results</h4>Both of the patients had well centered lenses postoperatively. Corrected distant and near visual acuities of the patients were improved. There was no significant postoperative complication. In the follow-up period of 1 year, no evidence of suture erosion was found.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Ab-interno scleral suture loop fixation with hitch-cow knot in the eye was effective in repositioning decentered or subluxated PC IOLs with excellent postoperative centered lenses and visual outcomes.","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Feb","modification":"2025-04-04T07:30:29.94Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:12:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4850806","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27050346"],"doi":["10.4103/0301-4738.179712"]}}