Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Cathedral Road, has successfully performed Intra-ocular lens (IOL) implant on Anandhi, a 4 year old girl, using glued IOL technology. For the first time in the world, tissue glue or fibrin glue as it is called has been used to fix an intraocular lens in an eye. This new surgical procedure was invented and performed by Prof. Amar Agarwal, Joint Managing Director, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Chennai.

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Addressing a press conference, Amar Agarwal said that Anandhi, who belonged to Sirumalai, a village near Villupuram, had an injury in her right eye during Diwali while bursting crackers. When there was no improvement in the treatment given at a hospital in Villupuram, Anandhi was brought to Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Chennai.

Amar Agarwal said that the child had severe complications, that the intra-ocular lens could not be implanted. Hence, he used fibrin glue to fix the lens.

Dr. Divya, one of the ophthalmologists who attended on Anandhi, said that the fibrin glue is made of fibrinogen and thrombin. .She said, unlike sutures, the tissue glue keep the lens firm. The doctor also said that the glue does not cause any side effects and it is safe.

U. Bakialakshmi