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ReviewOphthalmology and therapy2021

Iatrogenic Dry Eye Disease: Dealing with the Conundrum of Post-Cataract Discomfort. A P.I.C.A.S.S.O. Board Narrative Review.

Rita Mencucci, Roberto Vignapiano, Pierangela Rubino, Eleonora Favuzza, Emilia Cantera, Pasquale Aragona, Maurizio Rolando

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Review in Ophthalmology and therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Unveiling dry eye disease prior to cataract surgery: A multicenter clinical study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rita MencucciEye Clinic, NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. rita.mencucci@unifi.it.
Roberto VignapianoEye Clinic, NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Pierangela RubinoOphthalmology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Eleonora FavuzzaEye Clinic, NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Emilia CanteraOphthalmology, Israelitic Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Pasquale Aragona *Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ophthalmology Clinic, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Maurizio Rolando *Ocular Surface Unit, ISPRE, Genoa, Italy.
University of Florence · ITOspedale Israelitico · ITUniversity of Messina · ITUniversity of Parma · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence and prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) after cataract surgery is greatly underestimated. The severity of dry eye symptoms has been reported to peak 7 days after cataract surgery and may persist for months, significantly affecting patients' quality of life (QoL). The importance of considering surgical outcomes not only in terms of visual acuity, but also in terms of the patients' QoL, necessitates the assessment and evaluation of the ocular surface by the cataract surgeon prior to the procedure. This narrative review, drafted by the P.I.C.A.S.S.O. (Italian Partners for the Correction of Ocular Surface Alterations) board, analyses the physiopathology of post-cataract surgery DED and highlights the pre-, intra- and postoperative risk factors that may alter ocular surface homeostasis; it proposes a practical comprehensive algorithm for the prevention, treatment and management of DED associated with cataract surgery. Particular attention needs to be paid to the pre- and intraoperative risk factors to reduce the incidence of postoperative dry eye and to improve cataract surgery outcome.

Indexed as

CataractCataract surgeryDry eyeDry eye diseaseIatrogenic dry eyeOcular discomfortOcular surface

Identifiers

PMID33555571
PMCPMC8079532
OpenAlexW3128321656

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