ASCRS White Paper: Clinical review of intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2153-2162

  Chang, David F ^a   Braga Mele, Rosa ^a   Mamalis, Nick ^a   Masket, Samuel ^a   Miller, Kevin M ^a   Nichamin, Louis D ^a   Packard, Richard B ^a   Packer, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATROPINE; DOXAZOSIN; DUTASTERIDE; FINASTERIDE; HYALURONIC ACID; NAFTOPIDIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; RAPAFLO; SILODOSIN; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; IRIS DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL AID;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; IRIS DISEASES; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PUPIL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SULFONAMIDES; SYNDROME;

EID: 56349093896     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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