VIDEO: Study shows many patients with dry eye may have neurotrophic keratopathy
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CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, of Harvard Eye Associates discusses a study examining reduced corneal sensitivity in patients with dry eye undergoing cataract evaluation.
According to Hovanesian, two-thirds of patients presenting for cataract surgery may have dry eye, often without symptoms. He and colleagues found that 58% of patients with dry eye also exhibited reduced corneal sensation and may have stage 1 neurotrophic keratopathy.
“We have a lot of options for advanced treatment of dry eye, and that’s really great because as we recognize that dry eye is not just one disease but different diseases and extremely common, we need to use those tools to best treat our patients, so we get the best results with cataract surgery,” he said.
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