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@#AIM:To analyze curative effect of phacoemulsification through clear corneal tunnel incision on cataract and the influences on subjective sylptols of dry eye questionnaire scores(SDES)and break-up time(BUT).<p>METHODS: During the period from June 2015 to January 2019, 117 cataract patients(139 eyes)who underwent cataract surgery in the hospital were divided into group A(<i>n</i>=65, 72 eyes)and group B(<i>n</i>=52, 67 eyes)by random number table method. Groups A and B underwent phacoemulsification through 2.2mm and 3.0mm micro-incision, respectively. The general surgical status, SDES, BUT and curative effect indexes \〖best corrected visual acuity(BCVA), spherical equivalent(SE), endothelial cell density(ECD)\〗 were compared between the two groups.<p>RESULTS: There was no significant difference in ultrasound time, cumulative released energy, operation time or postoperative complications between two groups(<i>P</i>>0.05). After surgery, SDES scores in both groups were significantly increased, BUT was decreased compared with that at 1d before surgery. At 3mo after surgery, SDES and BUT recovered to preoperative levels. At 1d and 1wk after surgery, SDES score in group A was significantly lower than that in group B, while BUT was significantly higher than that in group B(<i>P</i><0.05). After surgery, BCVA LogMAR and ECD in both groups were significantly decreased, while SE and corneal diopter were significantly increased, without significant difference between the two groups(<i>P</i>>0.05). <p>CONCLUSION:The curative effect of phacoemulsification through clear corneal tunnel incision is reliable on cataract. The tear film function is better through 2.2mm micro-incision.
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@#AIM:To observe the correlation between the interleukin-1β(IL-1β)and interleukin-18(IL-18)in tears of patients with dry eye and symptoms and signs.<p>METHODS: A total of 131 patients(262 eyes)who were treated for dry eye in the ophthalmology clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected from September 2018 to December 12, and the patients were divided into dry eye classification standards according to the dry eye clinical consensus in 2013 No dry eye group, mild dry eye group, moderate dry eye group, severe dry eye group. All patients were examined for dry eye symptom score, break up time(BUT), and tear secretion test Schirmer I test(SⅠt), corneal fluorescein sodium staining(FL), ELISA method to detect the expression of IL-1β and IL-18 in tears, and to analyze the correlation between dry eye inflammatory factors and symptoms and signs.<p>RESULTS: There were significant differences in the expression of dry eye symptoms, BUT, SⅠt, FL and IL-1β and IL-18 in tears(<i>P</i><0.001), inflammatory factors IL-1β, IL-18 and dry eye symptom scores. FL was positively correlated(<i>P</i><0.05)and negatively correlated with BUT and SⅠt(<i>P</i><0.05).<p>CONCLUSION:Inflammatory factors in tears of dry eye patients were correlation with dry eye symptom and signsa.