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| Year : 2015 | Volume
: 47
| Issue : 5 | Page : 491-495 |
Comparison of preoperative nepafenac (0.1%) and flurbiprofen (0.03%) eye drops in maintaining mydriasis during small incision cataract surgery in patients with senile cataract: A randomized, double-blind study
Saumya Sarkar1, Kanchan Kumar Mondal2, Sukalyan Saha Roy1, Sharmistha Gayen2, Abhishek Ghosh3, Radha Raman De1
1 Department of Pharmacology, R.G. Kar M.C. and H, Kolkata, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, R.G. Kar M.C. and H, Kolkata, India
3 Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and J.N.M. Hospital, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Saumya Sarkar
Department of Pharmacology, R.G. Kar M.C. and H, Kolkata
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.165201
Aims: This study compared the effectiveness of prophylactic administration of topical flurbiprofen 0.03% and nepafenac 0.1% in maintaining mydriasis during small incision cataract surgery (SICS).
Materials and Methods: This study was a prospective, randomized, double-blind comparative study in adult cataract patients given topical flurbiprofen or nepafenac prior to SICS and capsular bag intraocular lens (IOL) implantation at a tertiary care hospital. Horizontal and vertical diameters of pupil were measured at the beginning and end of surgery, and the mean values were compared across the two groups. Unpaired t-test and Fisher's exact test were used to analyse the results.
Results: A total of 70 eyes of cataract surgery patients, 33 males and 37 females, with a mean age of 58.5 ± 11.24 years, were included in the study. The mean horizontal and vertical diameters of the two groups were similar at the start of surgery. Significant differences were seen after IOL implantation, with the nepafenac group having the larger mean diameters in both horizontal (P = 0.03) and vertical (P = 0.04) pupillary measurements.
Conclusions: Topical nepafenac has been shown to be a more effective inhibitor of meiosis during SICS and provides a more stable mydriatic effect compared to topical flurbiprofen.
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