IC-306 Advancing Flanged Intrascleral Haptic Fixation | ASCRS
Session
IC-306 Advancing Flanged Intrascleral Haptic Fixation
April 2024
Meeting: 2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Course Instructor: D. Brian Kim, MD
Co-Instructors: Ahmed H. Assaf, MD, PhD, FRCSEd; Steven G. Safran, MD; Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS, ABO; Kamran M. Riaz, MD
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Course Description
The course will stress the instruments required. The importance of selecting the appropriate three-piece lenses, the difference in haptic designs, and the distinctions in PMMA and PVDF haptics. Also, the discrepancies in needle sizes, their impact on surgical outcome, and the criteria for ideal flanges. The course will spotlight a few modifications to make the procedure easier and overcome mishaps like decentration and haptic slippings.

Educational Objective
How to conduct the FISHF technique, how to avoid and manage complications

2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting Instructional Courses

This 1.5 hour Instructional Course was recorded at the 2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 5-8, 2024.