NSAIDs help reduce CME rate after cataract surgery

Only two of 504 eyes developed cystoid macular edema after undergoing cataract surgery and treatment with intraoperative and postoperative NSAIDs without steroids, according to a study.
“Two NSAIDs are better than one at preventing cystoid macular edema, and you can eliminate the steroid altogether,” study co-author Keith Walter, MD, told Ocular Surgery News.
Walter and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine the rate of postoperative CME in patients undergoing cataract surgery and intraoperative intracameral infusion of Omidria (phenylephrine 1% and ketorolac

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