at the ora by external scleral indentation. The vitreous adhesions were removed with the vitrectomy probe. The ring was caught using an intraocular diamond tip forceps in one hand while performing external scleral indentation with the other hand. The ring was then maneuvered into the vitreous cavity bimanually and delivered out of the eye through the clear corneal incision using a handshake technique. The sclerotomies were closed and a scleral fixated AcryFold IOL (Gantec corporation, USA) was implanted. The post-operative course of the patient was smooth and at the second postoperative day the vision was 20/40 and at the second month post-operative visit, he had a final BCVA of 20/25. No evidence of phototoxicity was noted.

Case 2
------

A 52-year old diabetic patient presented to the clinic with a BCVAof 20/200. Examination revealed proliferative diabetic retinopathy and epimacular membrane with subhyloid haemorrhage. He was posted for phacoemulsification and IOL implantation with pars plana vitrectomy for membrane peeling and endolaser. During the surgery a minimal subluxation of the lens was noticed, and CTR (Iocare encocapsular ring, India) was implanted to support the capsular bag. During aspiration of the cortex a posterior capsule rent was noticed. Immediate meticulous examination revealed a near 180° capsular tear and a posterior dislocation of the ring. A 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy was done using chandelier illumination, the wide field lens and the reinvertor system as described earlier. After performing the vitrectomy, the ring was found by performing external scleral indentation and was grasped from the ora with a diamond tip forceps in one