Association between tamsulosin and intraoperative "floppy-iris" syndrome

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Leibovici, Dan ^a   Bar Kana, Yaniv ^a   Zadok, David ^a   Linder, Arie ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha blockers; Cataract; Floppy iris; Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome; Tamsulosin

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; TAMSULOSIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; IRIS DISEASE; LENS CAPSULE; LENS DISEASE; MIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; VITREOUS DISEASE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; IRIS DISEASES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RISK FACTORS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 65349196095     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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