OPHTHALMIC FLUOROMETHOLONE-GENTAMICIN VERSUS OPHTHALMIC BETAMETHASONE-GENTAMICIN FOLLOWING CATARACT-SURGERY

A prospective, randomised, investigator-masked, parallel-group study w as performed to compare fluorometholone-gentamicin eye drops and ointm ent with betamethasone-gentamicin eyedrops and ointment in the control of ocular inflammation after cataract surgery. Seventy patients (35 i n each treatment group) of both sexes undergoing cataract-lens implant surgery for visually disabling cataract were enrolled in the study. T he demographic and baseline parameters on day I, the day after surgery , were similar in the two study groups. After treatment, on day 3 and day 6 post-operatively, the reduction in cells in the anterior chamber and conjunctival hyperaemia were similar in the two study groups. Bot h treatments were equally well-tolerated. Ophthalmic fluorometholone-g entamicin was as effective as ophthalmic betamethasone-gentamicin in t he control of ocular inflammation after cataract surgery.