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A technique is presented in which pars plana fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) is achieved by the transscleral passage of the haptics. The IOL used has three equidistant supple loops, each attached to an armed suture, which serve as haptics. A specially designed needle driver is used to pass the sutures into and out of the eye through the pars plana and along the surface of the sclera, where they are severed by cautery. Stable fixation is achieved without contact with the inner tissues of the eye, and no additional sutures are necessary. Lens stability is maintained even in the presence of asymmetrical fibrosis of the capsular remnants.
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PMID:Sutureless scleral fixation of intraocular lenses. 942 97

Among primates, only humans have the white sclerae that provide the ground necessary to display their own color and that of the overlying conjunctiva. Scleral color, primarily redness, provides cues of socially and biologically significant information about an individual. The present study examines the effect of the asymmetry of binocular scleral redness on perceived sadness, healthiness, and attractiveness by contrasting ratings of images of individuals who had one, both, or neither sclera reddened by digital editing. Building upon previous research, this study further defines the details of the scleral color display and contributes to the more general issue of facial and body symmetry, predictors of phenotypic condition and genotypic quality that are of interest to evolutionary theorists. Individuals with binocular and monocular redness were rated as sadder, less healthy, and less attractive than those with untinted control sclerae, with ratings corresponding to the degree of redness or whiteness. Bilaterally symmetrical (binocular) scleral redness or whiteness provided anchorage points for ratings, with ratings for bilaterally asymmetrical (monocular) redness or whiteness falling between them; there was no unique effect of asymmetry.
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PMID:Binocular symmetry/asymmetry of scleral redness as a cue for sadness, healthiness, and attractiveness in humans. 2395 71