Post Cataract Surgery Dry Eye Syndrome
Keywords:
dry eye, surgical intervention, cataractAbstract
Objective: To characterize patients with post-cataract surgery dry eye syndrome.
Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was carried out with 105 patients diagnosed with post-cataract surgery dry eye syndrome at the Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology Ramón Pando Ferrer. The variables studied were age, sex, type of cataract, comorbidities, affected eye, use of soft contact lenses, type of surgery, OSDI score, Schirmer I score and tear film rupture time in pre and post-surgery.
Results: The mean age was 69.2 ± 0.99 years, women (53.3 %). Arterial hypertension (34.3 %) and phacoemulsification (82.9 %) predominated in the results. Preoperative OSDI 14.7 ± 0.33 (dry eye 6.7 % mild), Schirmer + 9.5 %, TRPL+ 12.4 %. At one month OSDI 24.6 ± 0.33 (81.9% mild). At 1 month OSDI 20.5 ± 0.60 (52.4 % mild), Schirmer + 85.7 %, tear film breakup time of + 85.7 %.
Conclusions: Post cataract surgery dry eye syndrome is majority, independent of age, sex and comorbidities.
