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Corneal health recovers slowly after entropion surgery, study finds
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Aspects of corneal health, including tear film stability and healing of superficial keratopathy, can take up to 90 days to fully recover after entropion surgery, according to a study by researchers in India. "These changes ... should be kept in mind when planning intraocular surgery, keratoplasty or keratorefractive procedures after entropion correction," the study authors said.
Ved P. Gupta, MD, and colleagues at University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, prospectively tracked the effects of entropion surgery on the corneal health of 51 patients averaging 59.1 years of age. All patients had entropion of an upper eyelid due to trachoma, according to the study.
At 90 days postop, vision had significantly improved an average of 0.55 lines (P = .01). Superficial corneal punctate staining decreased by half over the first 15 days postop and completely disappeared by 90 days follow-up. Tear film breakup time also improved significantly, although Schirmer I and keratometry values showed insignificant changes, the authors reported.
The study is published online on the Web site of the journal Eye.