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Corneal edema which occurs in eyes that have had lamellar corneal refractive surgery.
Etiology
The most common cause of IFS is steroid-induced ocular hypertension. This results in transudation of fluid through the endothelium and stromal bed with tumor accumulation and swelling in the LASIK wound.
Other known causes for IFS are anterior uveitis, endothelial cell dysfunctions, or trauma.
Occurrence
Little is known about the occurrence of IFS, but due to reports of steroid response ocular hypertension between 5 % and 36 % in general population, it is believed that the incidence of IFS is significantly higher.
Classification
Up to today no classification for IFS has been made.
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Further Reading
Albert DM, Miller JW, Azar DT (2008) Albert & Jakobiec’s principles & practice of ophthalmology. Saunders, Philadelphia
Dawson DG et al (2007) Interface fluid syndrome in human eye bank corneas after LASIK. Ophthalmology 114:1848–1859
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Ostovic, M., Kohnen, T. (2012). Interface Fluid Syndrome. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_357-2
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