Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome

Author(s):  
He Li ◽  
Konstantinos T. Tsaousis ◽  
Jun J. Guan ◽  
Nicolas Reiter ◽  
Nick Mamalis
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. bcr-2018-225806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archita Singh ◽  
Noopur Gupta ◽  
Vinod Kumar ◽  
Radhika Tandon

Implantable collamer lenses (ICL) have gained popularity for correction of myopia where kerato-refractive procedures are not indicated as in cases of high myopic refractive errors. Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is a very uncommonly reported postoperative complication following ICL implantation. A young patient developed severe corneal oedema and anterior segment inflammation on the first day after ICL implantation. Analysing retrospectively, possible idiosyncratic response to intracameral pilocarpine was considered as a cause for TASS. Prompt and intensive therapy with oral and topical potent steroids was visually rewarding. TASS, though a sterile inflammation can have catastrophic sequelae such as corneal decompensation and secondary glaucoma. Hence, timely identification and management is important.


2015 ◽  
pp. 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burçin Çakir ◽  
Erkan Celik ◽  
Nilgün Aksoy ◽  
Ozlem Bursalı ◽  
Turgay Uçak ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212110692
Author(s):  
Kenji Matsushita ◽  
Rumi Kawashima ◽  
Noriyasu Hashida ◽  
Yuki Hamano ◽  
Kazuo Harada ◽  
...  

Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is a rapid-onset inflammation of the eye following uneventful ocular surgery. We report a case of TASS following Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI) surgery. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) identified barium in the eye and in the eluate from the bleb of the BGI. We attribute TASS in our patient to the dissolution of barium from the BGI and its entry into the eye, where it causes severe inflammation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Alexander S Suvorov ◽  
Timur G Sazhin

Purpose. To investigate the efficacy of recombinant prourokinase (RPU) treatment in patients with toxic anterior segment syndrome after phacoemulsification. Material and methods. We observed 123 patients (123 eyes) with toxic anterior segment syndrome after phacoemulsification; patients of the group I (n = 30) received only antiinflammatory treatment; in treatment of patients of the group II (n = 31), instillations of the RPU solution were used, in the group III (n = 31), RPU solution was injected subconjunctivally, in the group IV (n = 31) - RPU solution electrophoresis was used. Treatment result analysis was carried out within 30 days. Results. Initial mean visual acuity in groups was 0.09 ± 0.04; 0.1 ± 0.04; 0.09 ± 0.04; 0.08 ± 0.04, and was virtually the same (p > 0.05). In 24 hours after treatment initiation, mean visual acuity in the group III was higher, than in the others. In three days and up to the end of observation period, the lowest mean visual acuity was noted in the group I (p < 0.05). Anterior chamber assessment showed that beginning from the first 24 hours after treatment initiation, in groups III and IV, fibrin lysis in the anterior chamber was more pronounced, than in groups I and II (p < 0.05); by the end of the observation period, worst indices of anterior chamber state were found in the group I (p < 0.05), in other groups, they were almost identical (p < 0.05). When using RPU, no allergic reaction was noted. Conclusions. RPU use in combined toxic anterior segment syndrome therapy after phacoemulsification allows increasing visual acuity, reducing convalescence time, and reducing the number of laser dissections. It was established that all methods of RPU administration are effective. RPU may be administered as eye drops on an outpatient basis, receiving efficacy similar to other administration methods.


Author(s):  
Simon Holland ◽  
Douglas Morck ◽  
Richard Mathias ◽  
Tracy Lee

Cornea ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahamim Avisar ◽  
Dov Weinberger

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick Hernandez-Bogantes ◽  
Alejandro Navas ◽  
Andrea Naranjo ◽  
Guillermo Amescua ◽  
Enrique O. Graue-Hernandez ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Werner ◽  
Jeffrey H. Sher ◽  
Joel R. Taylor ◽  
Nick Mamalis ◽  
Wesley A. Nash ◽  
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