Abstract
Introduction: Dry eye as dened by the International Dry eye workshop is a multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surfaces. Cataract surgery can cause dry eye as surgery can damage ocular surface. To nd out various factors Aims: responsible for dry eye after cataract surgery in presenile patients and the incidence of dry eye cases after cataract surgery. It was a Methods: prospective study on 100 patients Complete ocular examination and dry eye tests were done preoperatively and postoperatively. patients Results: who had longest tunnel incison, longer period of microscopic light exposure, vigorous irrigation, and eyedrops with preservatives had developed dry eye disease. As dry eye may develop after cataract surgery, so by decrea Conclusion: sing incision size of tunnel, minimizing microscopic light exposure and vigorous irrigation, using preservative free drops can decrease dry eye symptoms post operatively
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