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Surgical options with narrow pupil and floppy iris syndrome

B Malyugin · Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde · 2010 · Heft 02

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Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde
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B Malyugin
Ausgabe
Heft 02 / 2010
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Erschienen: 2010-02-24 00:00:00
ISSN
0023-2165

Zusammenfassung

The main reasons for encountering small pupils during cataract surgery are well established. They include cases with pseudoexfoliation syndrome, uveitis, posterior synechiae. Campbell have described the intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome (IFIS) associated with systemic administration of the α-1A antagonist tamsulosin (Flomax). The intraoperative diagnostic triad of this symptom is fluttering and billowing of the iris stroma, a tendency to iris prolapse through the main and/or sideport incisions, and progressive constriction of the pupil during surgery. Unfortunately, current pharmacological approaches for manag…

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