Toksik Anterior Segment Sendromu (TASS)

Toxic anterior-segment syndrome (TASS)

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical findings and courses of five patients who developed toxic anterior-segment syndrome (TASS) after cataract surgery and investigate the cause. MATERIALS AND METHODS In May 2010, on the same day, ten patients were operated on by the same surgeon. Five of these patients developed TASS postoperatively. RESULTS Patients had blurred-vision complaints on the first d...

A New Potential Cause in the Development of Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome: Fibrin Glue Toksik Ön Segment Sendromu için Yeni Bir Etken: Fibrin Yapıştırıcı

Features, Causes and Prevention of Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) - An Outbreak Investigation

Material and Methods: TASS occurring after uneventful coaxial phaco during May/June 2008 in eye department, Combined Military Hospital Kharian, were analyzed retrospectively in this case series. Clinical features, response to treatment and possible causes were checked during the outbreak (including intracamerally given drugs, irrigating solutions, intraocular lenses and washing/ sterilization t...

Anterior segment surgery.

Anterior Segment Intraocular Lens

Yellow filters for the eye have been of interest to ophthalmologists and optometrists for the last 30 years. Certain fish species can change the colour of the cornea in response to the level of illumination and regulate the amount of short-wavelength light reaching the retina. A positive influence of yellow eye filters on reduction of chromatic aberration has been found in a fish eye model. Blu...