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  2. Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) is a complication that may occur during cataract extraction in certain patients. This syndrome is characterized by a flaccid iris which billows in response to ordinary intraocular fluid currents, a propensity for this floppy iris to prolapse towards the area of cataract extraction during surgery, and progressive intraoperative pupil constriction ...

  3. Tamsulosin - Wikipedia

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    Tamsulosin. Tamsulosin, sold under the brand name Flomax among others, is a medication used to treat symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis and to help with the passage of kidney stones. [ 6][ 7][ 8] The evidence for benefit with a kidney stone is better when the stone is larger. [ 8] Tamsulosin is taken by mouth.

  4. Cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    Cataract surgery is the most common application of lens removal surgery, and is usually associated with lens replacement. It is used to remove the natural lens of the eye when it has developed a cataract, a cloudy area in the lens that causes visual impairment. [ 4][ 10] Cataracts usually develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. [ 4]

  5. Heterochromia iridum - Wikipedia

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    Central heterochromia, green with brown. Central heterochromia is also an eye condition where there are two colors in the same iris; but the arrangement is concentric, rather than sectoral. The central (pupillary) zone of the iris is a different color than the mid-peripheral (ciliary) zone.

  6. History of cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    In 1753, Samuel Sharp performed the first-recorded surgical removal of the entire lens and lens capsule, equivalent to what became known as intracapsular cataract extraction. The lens was removed from the eye through a limbal incision. [1] At the beginning of the 20th century, the standard surgical procedure was intracapsular cataract ...

  7. Intrastromal corneal ring segment - Wikipedia

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    Two crescent or semi-circular shaped ring segments are inserted between the layers of the corneal stroma, one on each side of the pupil, [1] This is intended to flatten the cornea and change the refraction of light passing through the cornea on its way into the eye.

  8. Photorefractive keratectomy - Wikipedia

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    Photorefractive keratectomy ( PRK) and laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy (or laser epithelial keratomileusis[ 1]) ( LASEK) are laser eye surgery procedures intended to correct a person's vision, reducing dependency on glasses or contact lenses. LASEK and PRK permanently change the shape of the anterior central cornea using an excimer ...

  9. Woman shocked by eye cancer diagnosis when eye freckle ... - AOL

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    Woman who had a freckle in the back of her eye was diagnosed with ocular melanoma. Doctors explain eye cancer symptoms and treatment.

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