Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome: Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 107, Issue , 2009, Pages 234-239

  Flach, Allan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; HYTIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; IRIS DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC AGENTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; IRIS; IRIS DISEASES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SYNDROME;

EID: 77949363158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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