Yu.I. PIROGOV^1,2, G.M. BUTINA¹, A.A. OKSENTYUK¹, E.S. KHROMOVA¹

¹Medical Center AD «Admiralteyskie Verfi», 12b Sadovaya Str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 190121

²Saint Petersburg State University, 7-9 Universitetskaya quay, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199034 

Pirogov Yu.I. ― Head of the ophthalmological department at the Medical Center of AD «Admiralteyskie Verfi», Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology of Sainr Petersburg State University, e-mail: visus1@yandex.ru

Butina G.M. ― ophthalmologist, e-mail: Galinabutina@mail.ru

Oksentyuk A.A. ― ophthalmologist, e-mail: os753@yandex.ru

Khromova E.S. ― ophthalmologist, e-mail: gubaidullina90@mail.ru

 Basal secretion of lacrimal fluid (Schirmer-II test) and tear breakup time (Norn’s test) were studied in 33 patients with complaints characteristic of the dry eye syndrome one month after phacoemulsification. These patients have been prescribed a 30-day course of instillation of a 0.3% sodium hyaluronate solution in the operated eye, after which the Schirmer-II and Norn’s tests were repeated. The dynamics of the subjective state was studied on the basis of a score on the scale of the OSDI questionnaire.

Baseline data of basal secretion of lacrimal fluid and tear breakup time were slightly reduced (11.2 mm and 8.8 seconds, respectively). However, one month after the application of «Gilan Ultra Comfort», there was a tendency to normalization of quality of tear layer, reduced irritation of the eye surface and significantly reduced discomfort of patients according to the OSDI questionnaire (p≤0.05).

Key words: phacoemulsification, dry eye syndrome, eye drops, sodium salt, sodium hyaluronate.