Eyes of 108 diabetic patients have underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation surgery have enrolled. Fifty four eyes have received the conventional postoperative care with steroid drop, whereas the other group (54 eyes) have given a preoperative diclofenac drop four times daily in addition to steroid drop and continued six weeks after surgery. All patients have evaluated by Optical coherence tomography (OCT) preoperatively and days 1, 30, and 90.The outcome measures including best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and OCT findings were compared in and between both groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
108
From one week before surgery, and control group received artificial tear (Sina Darou Laboratories Company, Tehran, Iran) as a placebo every 6 hours. Theses drops continued up to 6 weeks with the same dose after operations
From one week before surgery, case group received diclofenac sodium drop 0.1% (Sina Darou Laboratories Company, Tehran, Iran) every 6 hours.Theses drops continued up to 6 weeks with the same dose after operations
Labbafinejad medical center
Tehran, Iran
macular thickness changes
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Time frame: preoperatively until 90 days
best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) changes
LogMAR (Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution)charts
Time frame: preoperatively until 90 days
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