title: Ophthalmic fluorometholone-gentamicin versus ophthalmic betamethasone-gentamicin following cataract surgery.
abstract: A prospective, randomised, investigator-masked, parallel-group study was performed to compare fluorometholone-gentamicin eye drops and ointment with betamethasone-gentamicin eyedrops and ointment in the control of ocular inflammation after cataract surgery. Seventy patients (35 in each treatment group) of both sexes undergoing cataract-lens implant surgery for visually disabling cataract were enrolled in the study. The 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. Both treatments were equally well-tolerated. Ophthalmic fluorometholone-gentamicin was as effective as ophthalmic betamethasone-gentamicin in the control of ocular inflammation after cataract surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Marienhospital, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Steinbach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sunder Raj
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005469:Fluorometholone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D009824:Ointments; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012449:Safety
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D009824:Ointments; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D001623:Betamethasone; D005469:Fluorometholone