Clinical Study

The Pharmacological Mydriatic Pupil-to-Limbal Diameter Ratio as an Intuitive Predictor for the Risk of Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome

Table 1

Dilated pupil diameters, pupil-to-limbal diameter (PL) ratios, and intuitive PL ratios (median (Q1, Q3)) with different IFIS severity grades in the α1-ARA group.

ParametersGrade 0Grade 1Grade 2Grade 3 value

Eyes, n (%)12 (33)16 (44)4 (11)4 (11)
Dilated pupil diameter, median (Q1, Q3)7.3 (7.3, 7.6)6.4 (6.0, 6.7)5.2 (4.9, 5.7)5.6 (4.7, 5.9)<0.01
PL ratio, median (Q1, Q3)65.0 (60.9, 69.0)53.0 (50.1, 56.1)46.6 (43.1, 50.9)51.3 (41.7, 56.7)<0.001
Intuitive PL ratio, median (Q1, Q3)68.3 (66.3, 73.1)52.5 (45.0, 60.3)40.5 (33.8, 49.4)47.0 (36.1, 55.4)<0.001

Kruskal–Wallis test.