COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF DRY EYE BEFORE AND AFTER MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY

Dry eye is a multifactorial and visual surface condition that outcomes in side effects of pain, vision inability, and tear film brokenness with possible surface unsettling influence of the eye. The reason for this examination is to decide the extent of dry eye when manual minor incision cataract medical procedure utilizing a corneoscleral tunnel. A hospital-based experimental study was conducted from January 2015 to June 2017, in the Eye Institute of the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, patients undergoing small incisional cataract surgery. All dry eye testing done on eyes undergoing cataract surgery indicated deterioration after surgery. Early identification of improvements in tear film status following cataract surgery tends to improve postoperative conditions with respect to the quality of patient’s life.