TY - JOUR AU - Bista, Bipin AU - Bista, Padam Raj AU - Gupta, Sharad AU - Byanju, Raghunandan AU - Khadka, Simanta AU - Mishra, Surendra PY - 2021/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Comparative Study of Dry Eye Indices Following Cataract Surgery JF - Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology JA - Nep J Oph VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3126/nepjoph.v13i1.29313 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NEPJOPH/article/view/29313 SP - 104-111 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">This study aims to assess dry eye indices following cataract surgery</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:&nbsp; </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">A single center descriptive and comparative study was performed. A total of 100 eyes of 100 cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria from 1</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">st</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> June 2017 to 30</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> May 2018 were enrolled. Out of 100 eyes, 50 eyes each went through manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) and phacoemulsification respectively. For objective analysis : schirmer 1 test(ST-I), tear breakup Time(TBUT) along with lissamine Green Surface Staining(LGSS) was performed on pre-operative day, 1</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">st</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 4</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and 12</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> week respectively. Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) was done for subjective analysis on pre-operative day and at 12</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> week.</span></p><p><strong>Results:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The mean age of the patient was 53.66 ± 7.839 years with 34 (68%) being female in a small incision cataract surgery group.&nbsp; In the phacoemulsification group, mean age was 54.72 ± 7.985 years and 32 (64%) were female.&nbsp; On analyzing the objective dry eye indices: ST-I,TBUT and&nbsp; LGSS at 12</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">week was 18.80 ± 7.393 mm, 11.30 ± 5.456 seconds and 1.62 ± 1.193 in Small incision cataract surgery group and 27.10 ± 6.326 mm, 16.60 ± 4.699 seconds and 0.38 ± 0.602 in Phacoemulsification group respectively which was statistically significant. (p&lt; 0.001).&nbsp;</span></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regardless of the type of cataract surgery, dry eye disease is unavoidable affecting both tear quality and quantity postoperatively. In our study, phacoemulsification had lesser effect in dry eye indices than small incision cataract surgery.</span></p> ER -