title: Are topical steroids essential after an uneventful cataract surgery?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To access the necessity of topical steroids after uneventful cataract surgery, phaco-emulsification/aspiration plus intraocular lens (PEA+IOL) implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single-blind, randomized, prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-one patients were prospectively randomized, 11 patients were assigned to the steroid group, and 10 to the non-steroid group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between March and September 2007, in Mino Tanaka Hospital in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, we performed PEA+IOL in 28 eyes of 21 patients and examined the visual acuity, corneal endothelium cell density, and anterior aqueous flare value after dividing all the patients into 2 groups, the topical steroid use and the non-steroid group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 1 month postoperatively, no difference was observed between the 2 groups in terms of the outcomes described, and no cystoid macular edema was detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Topical steroid medication may not be absolutely essential after uneventful PEA+IOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000187:drug effects; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002452:Cell Count; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids