Effects of Rebamipide on Differences in Power and Axis of Corneal Astigmatism Between Two Intra-patient Keratometric Measurements in Dry Eyes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study investigated the effect of rebamipide on discrepancies in the power and axis of astigmatism between two intra-patient keratometric measurements in patients with dry eyes.

Methods

Fifty-eight dry eyes (with a short tear breakup time [TBUT] of less than 5 s) were analyzed. Patients with dry eye were treated with 2% rebamipide ophthalmic suspension (group R) or Mytear^® artificial tear ophthalmic solution (group M) for 4 weeks. TBUT and corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) were evaluated at baseline and 4 weeks after treatment. Astigmatism power and axis were measured twice during both evaluations, at 5-min intervals. Baseline and post-treatment measurements were compared. Changes in TBUT and HOAs, and intra-patient discrepancies in astigmat

SUBMITTER: Teshigawara T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8589897 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature