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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2009 Feb;56(1-2):11-5.
doi: 10.2152/jmi.56.11.

Are topical steroids essential after an uneventful cataract surgery?

Maki Nishino  1 , Hiroshi Eguchi, Akiko Iwata, Hiroshi Shiota, Mariko Tanaka, Takeshi Tanaka
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Are topical steroids essential after an uneventful cataract surgery?

Maki Nishino et al. J Med Invest. 2009 Feb.
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Abstract

Purpose: To access the necessity of topical steroids after uneventful cataract surgery, phaco-emulsification/aspiration plus intraocular lens (PEA+IOL) implantation.

Design: Single-blind, randomized, prospective study.

Participants: Twenty-one patients were prospectively randomized, 11 patients were assigned to the steroid group, and 10 to the non-steroid group.

Methods: Between March and September 2007, in Mino Tanaka Hospital in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, we performed PEA+IOL in 28 eyes of 21 patients and examined the visual acuity, corneal endothelium cell density, and anterior aqueous flare value after dividing all the patients into 2 groups, the topical steroid use and the non-steroid group.

Results: At 1 month postoperatively, no difference was observed between the 2 groups in terms of the outcomes described, and no cystoid macular edema was detected.

Conclusion: Topical steroid medication may not be absolutely essential after uneventful PEA+IOL.

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