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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Suture iris reconstruction using McCannel suture technique

Suture iris reconstruction using McCannel suture technique

Category(ies): Iris, Lens
Contributor: Jesse Vislisel, MD
Photographer: Cindy Montague, CRA

This patient had persistent mydriasis and traumatic cataract after blunt ocular trauma. These photographs show his appearance shortly after cataract extraction and suture iris reconstruction using the McCannel suture technique and Siepser slipknots.