Evaluation of inflammation and intraocular pressure after cataract surgery

摘要

Lane and Holland1 have rightly compared 2 medications, loteprednol etabonate 0.5% and prednisolone acetate 1.0%, after cataract surgery. However, we would like to make a few observations.The intraocular pressure (IOP) after cataract surgery is affected by preoperative levels, the retained ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD), and the central cor-neal thickness (CCT). We know that CCT increases after phacoemulsification and recovers over time.2 Based on this knowledge, it is clear that postoperative corrected IOP is different from the uncorrected IOP. In the current study, we do not know that the CCT increase was the same in the 2 groups.