Clinical Outcome of Lipiflow Treatment Prior to Cataract Surgery in Dry Eye Patients

Clinical Outcome of Lipiflow Treatment Prior to Cataract Surgery in Dry Eye Patients

To investigate the clinical outcome of Lipiflow treatment prior to cataract surgery in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye disease

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients older than 21, who will get catarct surgeyr
• Patients whose visual acuity anticipated better than 20/25 after surgery
• Patients with informed consent
• Patients with meibomian gland dysfunction

Exclusion Criteria:

• ocular injury, active injection
• uncontrolled systemic disease
• Contact lens wear within 1 month
• Allergic to fluorescein sodium or topical anesthetics
• ocular surgery or trauma within 6 months
• disorder of lid anatomy
• other reason for decreased vision other than cataract
• anticipated visual acuity less than 20/25
• Patients less than 20 years.