COMPLICATIONS OF MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY AMONG PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOEXFOLIATION

Abstract

Background: Pseudoexfoliation (PXF) syndrome is a condition caused by accumulation of 
grayish white fibrogranular extracellular material produced by abnormal basement 
membranes of ageing epithelial cells in lens epithelium, iris stroma, pupillary margin, corneal 
endothelium, anterior hyaloid surface, zonular fibers, trabecular meshwork. Pseudoexfoliation 
was first described by Lindberg in 1917, followed by a detailed description which was made 
by Alfred Vogt in 1918. Mutation in the LOXI.1 gene (locus 15q22) has been attributed