Tamsulosin-intraoperative floppy iris syndrome link is urged to be considered by primary care physicians
General medical publications cite issue; AAO, ASCRS update statement
Publish date: August 1, 2009
Jennifer A. Webb
Jennifer A. Webb
A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, an editorial in American Family Physician, articles in the general media outlets, and an updated patient advisory statement from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Academy of Ophthalmology aim to further education primary care physicians and patients about the association between a patient's use of tamsulosin and complications or difficulty during cataract surgery.

