Ophthalmologists must pay attention to the state of the ocular surface to try to avoid unhappy patients after cataract surgery, according to a presentation from Real World Ophthalmology.
Patient unhappiness can result after intraoperative complications but may also arise when the surgeon fails to recognize and treat confounding ocular conditions, Parag A. Majmudar, MD, said.
“If we don’t pay attention to dry eye, we are going to be setting ourselves up for failure,” he said.
Majmudar referenced a prospective health assessment that included 204 eyes scheduled for cataract