Previous studies demonstrate how the intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) is associated with different risk factors, including systemic diseases and alpha-1 antagonist drugs, the main one being tamsulosin which alleviates benign prostate hypertrophia symptoms.1 This drug is very efficient for urologists as it delays or avoids prostate surgery although it complicates in an extraordinary ma...

It is widely assumed that, barring traumatic injury to the eye or eye surgery, a person’s iris does not change over time. This implies that iris recognition performance does not degrade as time increases after initial enrollmentalso known as the template-aging problem. We present results of the first study to investigate the validity of this assumption. We explore the effects of time lapse sinc...

PURPOSE To report a case of anterior segment ischemia (ASI) with rubeosis iridis after circular buckling surgery in a highly-myopic patient which was successfully treated with a second intravitreal bevacizumab injection. METHODS Case report and review of the literature. DISCUSSION ASI is a rare but potentially serious complication of posterior segment surgery. Finally it leads to neovascula...

The increased acceptance of topical anesthesia, phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs), have advanced the techniques of microincision clear corneal cataract surgery.1 Operating through these small (less than 3.0 mm), corneal incisions have placed new demands on surgeons to effectively and safely remove the cataract and implant the IOL without increasing the risk of corneal, ...

marfan syndrome (mfs) is a genetic disorder which is inherited by autosomal dominant traits. in mfs, lens displacement and cardiovascular involvement are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the clinical course of the disease. in this case study, the ocular involvement in a family with severe penetration of mfs is reported. twelve members of a family (father, two daughters, three sons...

α-BlOcKeRS anD iFiS Tamsulosin was reportedly introduced in Japan in 1993, in the United Kingdom in 1997, and in the United States in 1997. Gupta et al related the popularity of the drug to its high affinity for the α1A receptor, which explains the lower incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in patients taking tamsulosin compared with less selective α-adrenergic blockers.3 Additionally, th...

BACKGROUND Iris vascular tufts are rare iris stromal vascular hamartomas. Patients with iris vascular tufts generally remain asymptomatic until presenting with a spontaneous hyphaema or with mild intraoperative pupil margin haemorrhage during anterior segment surgery. This is the first reported case of spontaneous hyphaema from iris vascular tuft related to a documented supratherapeutic Interna...

Innovative replacement of incontinence surgery (IRIS) is a polypropylene tape that is placed beneath the midurethra to restore urinary continence. We evaluated the long-term efficacy and safety of the IRIS procedure and compared it with tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. We included all 66 consecutive women who underwent IRIS (n=34) or TVT (...

Purpose. With this report we describe ultrasound biomicroscopic (UBM) findings in a patient with anterior megalophthalmos before and after undergoing phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. Methods. Phacoemulsification was carried out for nuclear sclerosis in both eyes of a patient diagnosed with anterior megalophthalmos. The patient was subjected to detailed o...

BACKGROUND To determine occurrence of features of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) during cataract surgery in patients taking systemic alpha-antagonists (AA). METHODS We prospectively studied patients on AA and who underwent phacoemulsification. The following were recorded: pupil diameter preoperatively, iris flaccidity, iris prolapse and peroperative miosis. RESULTS We studied 40...