Are Topical NSAIDs Needed for Routine Cataract Surgery?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-485

  Kim, Alisa ^a   Stark, Walter J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KETOROLAC TROMETHAMINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MACULAR EDEMA; MIOSIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 51649097417     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.027     Document Type: Editorial

References (16)

1. Flach A.J. The incidence, pathogenesis and treatment of cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 96 (1998) 557-634
2. Stark W.J., Fagadau W.R., Stewart R.H., et al. Reduction of pupillary constriction during cataract surgery using suprofen. Arch Ophthalmol 104 (1986) 364-366
3. Donnenfeld E.D., Perry H.D., Wittpenn J.R., Solomon R., Nattis A., and Chou T. Preoperative ketorolac tromethamine 0.4% in phacoemulsification outcomes: pharmacokinetic-response curve. J Cataract Refractive Surg 32 (2006) 1474-1482
4. Rossetti L., Chaudhuri J., and Dickersin K. Medical prophylaxis and treatment of cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery. The results of a meta-analysis. Ophthalmology 105 (1998) 397-405
5. Flach A.J., Stegman R.C., Graham J., and Kruger L.P. Prophylaxis of aphakic cystoid macular edema without corticosteroids. A paired-comparison, placebo-controlled double-masked study. Ophthalmology 97 (1990) 1253-1258
6. Miyake K., Masuda K., Shirato S., et al. Comparison of diclofenac and fluorometholone in preventing cystoid macula edema after small incision cataract surgery: a multicentered prospective trial. Jpn J Ophthalmol 44 (2000) 58-67
7. Asano S., Miyake K., Ota I., et al. Reducing angiographic cystoid macular edema and blood-aqueous barrier disruption after small-incision phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens implantation: multicenter prospective randomized comparison of topical diclofenac 0.1% and betamethasone 0.1%. J Cataract Refract Surg 34 (2008) 57-63
8. Solomon L.D. Efficacy of topical flurbiprofen and indomethacin in preventing pseudophakic cystoid macular edema. Flurbiprofen-CME Study Group I. J Cataract Refract Surg 21 (1995) 73-81
9. Wolf E.J., Braunstein A., Shih C., and Braunstein R.E. Incidence of visually significant pseudophakic macular edema after uneventful phacoemulsification in patients treated with nepafenac. J Cataract Refract Surg 33 (2007) 1546-1549
10. Almeida D.R., Johnson D., Hollands H., et al. Effect of prophylactic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on cystoid macular edema assessed using optical coherence tomography quantification of total macular volume after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 34 (2008) 64-69
11. Wittpenn J.R., Silverstein S., Heier J., Kenyon K.R., Hunkeler J.D., and Earl M. A randomized, masked comparison of topical ketorolac 0.4% plus steroid vs steroid alone in low-risk cataract surgery patients. Am J Ophthalmol 146 (2008) 554-560
12. Nicholas S., Riley A., Patel H., Neveldson B., Purdie G., and Wells A.P. Correlations between optical coherence tomography measurement of macular thickness and visual acuity after cataract extraction. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 34 (2006) 124-129
13. Browning D.J. Interobserver variability in optical coherence tomography for macular edema. Am J Ophthalmol 137 (2004) 1116-1117
14. Hee M.R., Puliafito C.A., Wong C., et al. Quantitative assessment of macular edema with optical coherence tomography. Arch Ophthalmol 113 (1995) 1019-1029
15. Neubauer A.S., Priglinger S., Ullrich S., et al. Comparison of foveal thickness measured with the retinal thickness analyzer and optical coherence tomography. Retina 21 (2001) 596-601
16. Weisz J.M., Bressler N.M., Bressler S.B., and Schachat A.P. Ketorolac treatment of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema identified more than 24 months after cataract extraction. Ophthalmology 106 (1999) 1656-1659