NSAIDs are valuable surgical tools for cataract surgeons

NSAIDs optimize surgical outcomes and improve postoperative experience for patients, which is especially important with patients who demand quicker and nearperfect visual results after multifocal IOL insertion and other refractive procedures that require a large out-of-pocket expense. In a study pre...

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Published inOphthalmology Times Vol. 32; no. 7; p. 46
Main Author Tukel, David B
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Monmouth Junction MultiMedia Healthcare Inc 01.04.2007
Subjects
Cataracts
Cornea
Disease prevention
Drug dosages
Drug therapy
Eye surgery
Inflammation
Laboratories
Medical imaging
Ophthalmology
Pain
Patients
Physicians
Steroids
Surgeons
Surgery
Surgical apparatus & instruments
Surgical outcomes
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Summary:NSAIDs optimize surgical outcomes and improve postoperative experience for patients, which is especially important with patients who demand quicker and nearperfect visual results after multifocal IOL insertion and other refractive procedures that require a large out-of-pocket expense. In a study presented at the American Society of Cataract and Retractive Surgery annual meeting and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in 2006, Eric Donnenfeld, MD, and Kerry Solomon, MD, presented results of a study, "The effect of a topical NSAID on quality of vision with a multifocal IOL." The maintenance of pupil size, phacoemulsification time and energy, operative time, corneal clarity, postoperative inflammation, and intraoperative and postoperative discomlort was significantly improved with 3 days of NSAID prophylaxis versus 1 day prophylaxis, which, in turn, was significantly better than instilling the NSAm 1 hour in advance or placebo.
ISSN:0193-032X
2150-7333