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Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Göz Hastalıkları A.D., Tokat, Doç. Dr. Herein we describe a modified surgical technique that can be used to facilitate posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation via 23 Gauge (G) trocar system in cases with compromised capsular support. A 65 year-old-man with aphakia in the right eye had undergone scleral fixated IOL implantation. The IOL implantation was performed by using a 23 G trocar and forceps instead of conventional methodology. A regular 9/0 polypropylene suture with free-ends was passed through the 23 G trocar and fixated to the haptic holes of the IOL. Then the IOL was implanted into the ciliary sulcus region via the previously prepared scleral tunnel. The method appears to be presumably effective, practical and timesaving for surgeons, but needed further investigations. Keywords : Aphakia, lens implantation, scleral-fixated lens, trocar