Medicinal mishaps: Tamsulosin-induced intraoperative floppy iris syndrome during cataract surgery
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Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome associated with tamsulosin.
PURPOSE To assess the incidence and possible causative factors of a newly recognized syndrome, the intraoperative floppy iris (IFIS). SETTING Clinical practices in Los Altos and San Rafael, California, USA. METHODS A retrospective chart review of consecutive cataract surgeries performed in a 2-surgeon practice over a 12-month period (706 eyes; 511 patients) was used to assess the percentage...
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Intraoperative "floppy-iris" syndrome is a novel entity that was initially described in 2005 by Chang and Campbell who encountered it during cataract surgery. The manifestations include a triad of the following intraoperative findings: (a) flaccid iris stroma leading to fluttering and bellowing of the iris, (b) prolapse of the iris through the surgical incisions, and (c) progressive pupil const...
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OBJECTIVE Intraoperative-floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) has been recently described. It has been demonstrated that this new syndrome complicates cataract surgery. In this paper we have reviewed the syndrome, and offer practical information specially related to the origin and management of this syndrome and we offer practical information. MATERIAL AND METHODS A review of the related medical liter...
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A t the annual meeting of the ASCRS in April, John R. Campbell, MD, and I reported on two companion studies that we conducted to examine the incidence, characteristics, surgical outcomes, and etiology of floppy irides during cataract surgery.1,2 We named this condition the intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) (Figures 1 to 3). Based upon retrospective observations by Dr. Campbell regardin...
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Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) was first described in 2005 (Chang & Campbell 2005; Parssinen 2005). The fullblown syndrome comprises a triad of: 1) billowing of the iris stroma in response to normal irrigation currents, 2) the floppy iris tends to prolapse through the phaco and the side port incisions, and 3) a progressive pupillary constriction during the surgical procedure. Althou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Prescriber
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0312-8008,1839-3942
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2010.042