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Structural effects on custom, flexible iris prostheses passing through injector systems
Serra E Tuzun1, Michael E Snyder
1From the Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio (Tuzun, Snyder); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Tuzun); Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio (Snyder).
Purpose:
To determine the suitability of various commercially available intraocular lens injection systems for the implantation of custom, flexible artificial irides of various sizes, both with and without fiber meshwork.
Setting:
Cincinnati Eye Institute, Blue Ash, Ohio.
Design:
Laboratory study.
Methods:
Custom, flexible iris prostheses, both with and without fiber meshwork, were either maintained at a 12.8 mm diameter or trephinated to a 10 mm diameter and subsequently inserted through 7 different intraocular lens injector systems. The ease of load, difficulty of injection, control of injection, and level of prosthetic distortion, if any, were observed and recorded.
Results:
The fiber-free devices universally passed through the injectors unaffected. Each of the iris prostheses with embedded fiber meshwork appeared grossly distorted after injection. The injection systems had differing amounts of effort to load the device into the cartridge, to advance the prosthetic through the system, and varying levels of control when the prosthetic was released, although all the systems delivered the device effectively.
Conclusions:
Any of the 7 injection systems tested in this study can be used effectively for fiber-free artificial irides. Caution should be taken to ensure that control of insertion is maintained throughout the injection process. Screw-type injectors required less effort and yielded more control than plunger-type injector. Fiber meshwork-containing artificial irides should not be inserted through an injector.
