TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of elective medications and procedures on the ocular surface

This report describes the impact of elective topical and systemic medications and procedures on the ocular surface and the underlying mechanisms. Moreover, elective procedures performed for ocular diseases, cosmetic enhancement, and non-ophthalmic interventions, such as radiotherapy and bariatric surgery, are discussed. The report also evaluates significant anatomical and biological consequences of non-urgent interventions to the ocular surface, such as neuropathic and neurotrophic keratopathies. Besides that, it provides an overview of the prophylaxis and management of pathological conditions resulting from the studied interventions and suggests areas for future research. The report also contains a systematic review investigating the quality of life among people who have undergone small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Overall, SMILE seems to cause more vision disturbances than LASIK in the first month post-surgery, but less dry eye symptoms in long-term follow up.PMID:37087043 | DOI:10.1016/j.jtos.2023.04.011

Source: The Ocular Surface - April 20, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jos é Alvaro P Gomes Dimitri T Azar Christophe Baudouin Etty Bitton Wei Chen Farhad Hafezi Pedram Hamrah Ruth E Hogg Jutta Horwath-Winter Georgios A Kontadakis Jodhbir S Mehta Elisabeth M Messmer Victor L Perez David Zadok Mark D P Willcox Source Type: research