The Floppy Iris Syndrome - What Urologists and Ophthalmologists Need to Know

The floppy iris syndrome - what urologists and ophthalmologists need to know.

INTRODUCTION Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and cataract formation are common in older people. Medical management of symptomatic BPH is often preferred to surgical treatment as surgery increases the risk of morbidities, whereas, surgery is the main form of treatment to restore sight in patient with cataract. The clinical treatment of BPH is either alpha-1 adrenergic antagonist alone or comb...

The Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome

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...

Intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome.

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...

Silodosin-associated intraoperative floppy iris syndrome

What We Know and What We Need to Know

Drawing on recent literature, the paper argues that institutions and political economy factors hold the key to understanding why some countries have succeeded in developing their financial systems while others have not. The paper also reviews new evidence which suggests that institutional quality may influence the effectiveness of financial development in delivering economic growth. These new f...