Results in cataract surgery with phacoemulsification at patients with IFIS syndrome

Abstract

Purpose: To establish the tamsulosin effects during cataract surgery at patients with cataract. Material and method: We studied a number of 25 eyes, with cataract, from 17 patients treated with tamsulosin for prostate benign hypertrophia. The patients were operated for cataract by facoemulsification technique with intraocular lens implantation. Results: In 80 % of cases we had a preoperative pupilar diameter of 3 mm. In 50% of cases, during the surgery we had a pupilar constriction in 10 to 15 minutes after the beginning of the surgery. In 85% of cases we had an iris flaccidity and in 15% of cases we had an iris prolapse at sideport levels. In 13 % of cases it was necessary to introduce iris retractors. Conclusions: Cronical use of tamsulosin induce intraoperative difficulties which can increase the number of intraoperative complications.