A Study to Compare The Efficacy of 0.5% Timolol Eye Drops Versus 0.2% Brimonidine Eye Drops in Management of Rise In Iop Following Nd-Yag Capsulotomy
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
Aims: A Study to compare the efficacy of 0.5 % Timolol eye drop’s vs. 0.2% Brimonidine eye drops in management of rise in Intra Ocular Pressure following neodymium-yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) capsulotomy for Posterior Capsular Opacification. Settings And Design: It’s a Non randomized study, conducted in the Ophthalmology Department of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital which is a tertiary care Hospital and Major reference centre. Materials And Methods: 100 Nonglaucomatous patients in the age group between 40 to 70 years having posterior capsular opacification, who have had cataract surgery more than six months visiting the Out Patient in the Department of Ophthalmology were included in the study. 50 of these patients were given 1 drop of 0.5% Timolol eye drops 1 hour before the procedure and I drop after the procedure and were advised to use 0.5 % Timolol eye drops twice a day for the next 7 days . The remaining 50 of these patients were given 1 drop of 0.2% Brimonidine eye drops 1 hour before the procedure and I drop after the procedure and were advised to use 0.2% Brimonidine eye drops twice a day for the next 7 days . Results: In our study both 0.2 % Brimonidine and 0.5 % Timolol are effective in management of rise of IOP following Nd YAG capsulotomy. Our study concludes that Topical Brimonidine eye drops controls the transient rise in IOP better than Timolol following ND YAG Capsulotomy.
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Dr M Hemanandini, Dr P Sumathi, Dr P. A. Kochami, Dr Rohit
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