[Sutured Posterior Chamber IOL Fixation in the Absence of Capsular Support, First Described in 1954].

Background: By implanting the first IOL in 1949 Ridley's intention was to replace the opaque crystalline lens with a "lenticulus" exactly the size and the shape of the natural lens in the same physiological location in the posterior chamber. Still not resolved at that time was the fixation of the "pseudophakos" following intracapsular cataract extraction and the centration on the posterior capsule or, respectively, on residues of the anterior capsule following extracapsular cataract surgery. We describe the first attempts in 1954 of fixating a posterior chamber IOL following intracapsular extraction using a suture technique.