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Dryness Difference Between Before and After Phacoemulsification

Evaluation Of Dry Eye After Uneventful Phacoemulsification

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About This Trial

The aim of this study is to compare tear film and tear film secretion before and after phacoemulsificaton cataract surgery

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Cataract patients. - Cases within age \> 45 years old. Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Patients with ocular surface diseases and eyelid abnormality. - Patients receive ocular or systemic medications, that interfere with tear film production and stability (e.g. topical eye drops that contain preservatives, antihistaminic drugs, anticholinergic drugs, contraceptive pills). - Patients with systemic diseases like diabetes, HTN, rheumatoid arthritis. - Patients underwent previous ocular surgeries that interfere with tears instability or production (e.g. refractive surgery, keratoplasty, eyelid surgeries, pterygium excision). - Patients with a history of trauma, chemical burn, overusing contact lens (due to damaging the conjunctiva and the goblet cells, also corneal sensitivity reduction). Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion criteria: * Cataract patients. * Cases within age \> 45 years old. Exclusion criteria: * Patients with ocular surface diseases and eyelid abnormality. * Patients receive ocular or systemic medications, that interfere with tear film production and stability (e.g. topical eye drops that contain preservatives, antihistaminic drugs, anticholinergic drugs, contraceptive pills). * Patients with systemic diseases like diabetes, HTN, rheumatoid arthritis. - Patients underwent previous ocular surgeries that interfere with tears instability or production (e.g. refractive surgery, keratoplasty, eyelid surgeries, pterygium excision). * Patients with a history of trauma, chemical burn, overusing contact lens (due to damaging the conjunctiva and the goblet cells, also corneal sensitivity reduction).

Treatments Being Tested

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Dry eye diagnostic system

following tests: 1. Non-invasive tear film break up time (TBUT), a parameter of tear film stability. 2. Non-invasive tear meniscus height. 3. Evaluation of Meibomian glands function. 4. Lipid layer thickness. 5. Eyelid margin. 6. Analysis of conjunctival hyperemia. 7. Cornea sodium fluorescein staining. 8. Schirmer I test

Locations (1)

Sohag university hospital
Sohag, Egypt