Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period
Dry eye disease may develop and persist after cataract surgery; however, unilateral cases have not been fully documented. This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in five eye clinics in Japan. A total of 1023 outpatients were initially enrolled, and 89 unilateral pseudophakic subjects...
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| description | Dry eye disease may develop and persist after cataract surgery; however, unilateral cases have not been fully documented. This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in five eye clinics in Japan. A total of 1023 outpatients were initially enrolled, and 89 unilateral pseudophakic subjects with 1+ year of follow-up after uncomplicated cataract surgery were included. The tear break-up times (TBUTs) and keratoconjunctival staining results were compared between phakic and pseudophakic eyes. The mean age of the patients was 69.3 ± 10.4 years (32 men, 36.0%), and the mean postoperative period was 4.6 ± 4.4 (1–20) years. For the ophthalmic parameters, the TBUTs were 4.4 ± 1.9 and 3.8 ± 1.9 s (<i>p</i> < 0.001), the keratoconjunctival staining scores were 0.11 ± 0.38 and 0.22 ± 0.56 (<i>p</i> = 0.02), the spherical equivalents were −1.27 ± 2.51 and −0.99 ± 1.45 D (<i>p</i> = 0.21), the astigmatic errors were 0.79 ± 0.66 and 0.78 ± 0.58 D (<i>p</i> = 0.80), and the intraocular pressures were 13.6 ± 2.9 and 13.5 ± 2.6 mmHg (<i>p</i> = 0.62) for the phakic and pseudophakic eyes, respectively. The corneal status was significantly worse in the pseudophakic eyes than in the contralateral phakic eyes, even after more than one year after implant surgery. The present results suggested that long-term ocular surface problems should be examined further since they may not originate only from surgery or postoperative ocular surface diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99a4c03a376b4221bd3c422d2357a41c2023-11-19T20:46:32ZengMDPI AGBiomedicines2227-90592020-04-01847710.3390/biomedicines8040077Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative PeriodAkiko Hanyuda0Kazuno Negishi1Kazuo Tsubota2Masahiko Ayaki3Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, JapanDry eye disease may develop and persist after cataract surgery; however, unilateral cases have not been fully documented. This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in five eye clinics in Japan. A total of 1023 outpatients were initially enrolled, and 89 unilateral pseudophakic subjects with 1+ year of follow-up after uncomplicated cataract surgery were included. The tear break-up times (TBUTs) and keratoconjunctival staining results were compared between phakic and pseudophakic eyes. The mean age of the patients was 69.3 ± 10.4 years (32 men, 36.0%), and the mean postoperative period was 4.6 ± 4.4 (1–20) years. For the ophthalmic parameters, the TBUTs were 4.4 ± 1.9 and 3.8 ± 1.9 s (<i>p</i> < 0.001), the keratoconjunctival staining scores were 0.11 ± 0.38 and 0.22 ± 0.56 (<i>p</i> = 0.02), the spherical equivalents were −1.27 ± 2.51 and −0.99 ± 1.45 D (<i>p</i> = 0.21), the astigmatic errors were 0.79 ± 0.66 and 0.78 ± 0.58 D (<i>p</i> = 0.80), and the intraocular pressures were 13.6 ± 2.9 and 13.5 ± 2.6 mmHg (<i>p</i> = 0.62) for the phakic and pseudophakic eyes, respectively. The corneal status was significantly worse in the pseudophakic eyes than in the contralateral phakic eyes, even after more than one year after implant surgery. The present results suggested that long-term ocular surface problems should be examined further since they may not originate only from surgery or postoperative ocular surface diseases.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/8/4/77dry eye diseasecataract surgeryocular surface distresstear film instability |
| spellingShingle | Akiko Hanyuda Kazuno Negishi Kazuo Tsubota Masahiko Ayaki Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period Biomedicines dry eye disease cataract surgery ocular surface distress tear film instability |
| title | Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period |
| title_full | Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period |
| title_fullStr | Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period |
| title_full_unstemmed | Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period |
| title_short | Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period |
| title_sort | persistently worsened tear break up time and keratitis in unilateral pseudophakic eyes after a long postoperative period |
| topic | dry eye disease cataract surgery ocular surface distress tear film instability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/8/4/77 |
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