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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2021

Evaluation of Same-Day versus Next-Day Implantation of Intracanalicular Dexamethasone for the Control of Postoperative Inflammation and Pain Following Cataract Surgery.

Bobby Saenz, Tanner J Ferguson, Noelle Abraham, Brett H Mueller, Gregory D Parkhurst

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bobby SaenzParkhurst NuVision, San Antonio, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6961-1836
Tanner J FergusonCole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7754-0465
Noelle AbrahamParkhurst NuVision, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Brett H MuellerParkhurst NuVision, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Gregory D ParkhurstParkhurst NuVision, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of a sustained-release intracanalicular dexamethasone insert for postoperative inflammation and pain implanted in a clinical setting preoperatively or on postoperative day 1.

methodsSingle-site, retrospective, contralateral eye study of patients undergoing cataract surgery. Included were subjects with a dexamethasone intracanalicular insert implanted in the clinic immediately prior to surgery in one eye (same-day) and on postoperative day 1 (POD1) in the contralateral eye. The primary outcome measure was the resolution of anterior chamber inflammation at 1 week postoperative. Secondary outcome measures included proportion of eyes requiring additional therapy for pain and inflammation through 1 month as well as the number of eyes with IOP spikes above baseline. Safety measures included adverse events through 1 month postoperative.

resultsSixty-two eyes of 31 subjects were included in the case series. At 1 week postoperative, 52% of the eyes (n = 16) achieved complete resolution of inflammation in the same-day group and 58% (n = 18) met this endpoint at 1 week in the POD1 group. One subject in the same-day group required additional therapy for rebound inflammation and no eyes required additional therapy in the POD1 group. There were no reports of pain at 1 week or 1 month in either group. There were no implant-related adverse events in either group.

conclusionThe favorable results of this study indicate that the sustained-release dexamethasone insert can be safely implanted in the clinic either preoperatively on the day of surgery or on postoperative day 1 for the control of pain and inflammation following cataract surgery.

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cataract surgerydexamethasoneintracanalicularocular inflammationocular pain

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PMID34916773
PMCPMC8669496
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