Traumatic Cataract
Thomas A. Oetting, MS, MD
This patient had blunt trauma which resulted in a cataract and mydriasis. We removed his cataract and placed a capsular tension ring just prior to placing the IOL. Then we placed 2 10-O Prolene sutures in the iris, one at 3 and one at 9 o'clock, to lessen the mydriasis. We used the Siepser sliding knot technique to tie the suture with Prolene suture.
(please see https://youtu.be/6AEZPlJFokI for a more descriptive video of the Siepser technique)
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Length 3:56
last updated: 08-23-2010
