KOLOA, Hawaii — Aggressive treatment before ocular surgery helps avoid postoperative issues with visual quality in patients with dry eye disease, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2025.
Preeya K. Gupta, MD, said there are a lot of reasons why people may have dry eye disease, but ocular surgery, whether LASIK or cataract surgery, is a big culprit.
“It is because of this temporary disruption to the corneal nerves that patients sometimes go from being asymptomatic to symptomatic after surgery,” she said.
Gupta said dry eye is common in (Read more...)