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Toxic anterior segment syndrome is an acute, sterile anterior segment inflammation following generally uneventful cataract and anterior segment surgery. [1]One of the main factors in differentiating toxic anterior segment syndrome from an infectious endophthalmitis is the rapid onset.
Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS), a non-infectious inflammatory condition, may occur following cataract surgery. [27] Endophthalmitis is a serious infection of the intraocular tissues, usually following intraocular surgery complications or penetrating trauma, and one of the most-severe.
Phacoemulsification is a cataract surgery method in which the internal lens of the eye which has developed a cataract is emulsified with the tip of an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye.
The Russian News Agency TASS, [a] or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. [2] TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the government of Russia. [3]
Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy area. [1] The eye's natural lens is usually replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) implant.
Most conjunctivochalasis is thought to be caused by both a gradual thinning and stretching of the conjunctiva that accompanies age and a loss of adhesion between the conjunctiva and underlying sclera as the result of dissolution of Tenon's capsule.
Ophthalmology (/ ˌ ɒ f θ æ l ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, OFF-thal-MOL-ə-jee) [1] is a clinical and surgical specialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. [2]
Meibomian glands in the lower eyelid imaged under amber light to show vasculature support and the gland structure. Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD, also meibomitis or meibomianitis) is a chronic disease of the meibomian glands, which is commonly characterized by obstruction of the end of the duct that delivers the secretion produced by the glands (called meibum) to the eye surface, which ...