Clinical And Patient Reported Outcomes Of Airoptix Bandage Contact Lenses On Post-Cataract Surgery Patients Who Have Preoperative Mild-To-Moderate Dry Eye Disease

To investigate the clinical outcomes of AIR OPTIX Night & Day Aqua bandage contact lenses (BCLs) wearing among Chinese patients with preoperative dry eye disease (DED) after cataract surgery.

A prospective, randomized, controlled study.

100 subjects with preoperative mild-to-moderate DED who underwent cataract surgery were assigned to control group (50 eyes) and BCLs group (50 eyes) according to whether BCLs were wore during 0 - 7 days after surgery. Noninvasive tear film breakup time (NIBUT), tear meniscus height (TMH), corneal fluorescein staining (CFS), Schirmer test, ocular surface disease index (OSDI), and best-corrected visual acuity were evaluated preoperatively, 1 week and 1 month after surgery.

No significant difference of age, sexual, and all the dry eye indexes were found between groups (all P > 0.05). One week after surgery, the NIBUT and TMH were significantly higher in the BCLs group (5.37±1.18 vs 4.47±2.14, P = 0.012; 0.16±0.03 vs 0.18±0.03, P = 0.010), the CFS and OSDI of BCLs group were significantly lower than control group (0.26±0.48 vs 0.52±0.57, P = 0.017; 15.29±3.92 vs 17.46±3.36, P = 0.004). One month after surgery, the NIBUT and TMH were significantly higher in the BCLs group (5.50±1.24 vs 4.66±1.01, P < 0.001; 0.16±0.02 vs 0.17±0.02, P < 0.001), the OSDI scores of BCLs group were significantly lower than control group (15.08±3.19 vs 18.42±3.98, P < 0.001). 

AIR OPTIX Night & Day Aqua BCLs wearing after cataract surgery could improve the tear film stability and alleviate subjective symptoms of dry eyes of patients with preoperative DED.