very detrimental — get 1 anti-
inflammatory drop 1 time a day
for a few weeks. Typically these
are patients who are diabetic or
have a multi-focal lens implanted.
"About 10% of patients will get
some breakthrough inflammation
about 1 week post-op, too," he
adds. "They also get a single non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory
drop."
Ms. Rhodes notes that each
surgeon has tinkered with the
dropless surgery a bit, with sev-
eral now prescribing a single
anti-inflammatory post-op drop
to all patients for some extra
insurance. "We started out
doing virtually no drops in
patients," she says. "But some
surgeons found that they liked
to have a little extra anti-inflam-
matory medicine in the mix. So
instead of an antibiotic twice a
day, an anti-inflammatory 3
times a day and steroids 4 times
a day, they just have to put
1 drop in before bed."
Simplifying, or eliminating,
post-op drops isn't the only rea-
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