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INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL TEARS ON KERATOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH DRY EYE BEFORE CATARACT SURGERY
Dr. Rama Hasan*, Yusuf Suleiman and Habib Yousef
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Purpose: TO assess the effect of artificial tears on K-readings in patients with dry eye prior to cataract surgery. Methods: This prospective before-and-after study included 100 eyes of 58 patients attending the ophthalmological clinic at Tishreen University Hospital between the years 2022-2023. All patients with dry eye and preparing for cataract surgery underwent keratometry measurements. Baseline flat, steep and average keratometry readings were followed by instillation of artificial tears and repeated 2 minutes and 5 minutes after instillation and after using the artificial tears 5 times a day for two weeks. Results: There was a statistically significant reduction in average keratometric radius measurements obtained after instillation of artificial tears (P
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