Sewn-in implant

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Dr. Sobol is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist practicing in Uniontown Pennsylvania.

He provides medical and surgical care for eye disease and evaluates people for disorders of the visual system.

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Sewn-in implant

A patient had a penetrating injury thirty years ago with loss of his superior iris and diffuse synechiae OS. He had a dense dislocated cataract. I took out the cataract and attached the haptics to the stubs of his iris at 3 and 9 o'clock with 10-0 prolene. This is an old case prior to capsular rings. He is pretty happy with the result. He has some cylinder from the large superior corneal scar and he had a YAG capsulotomy last year. I regret not taking a pre-op photo. Here he is today at 20/30:

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