The added effect of preoperative nepafenac on pain and discomfort following alcohol-assisted photorefractive keratectomy
Adding preoperative nepafenac significantly reduced pain and photophobia with complete epithelial healing. Addition of oral opiates to nepafenac treatment had little analgetic benefit.
Authors
- Eliya Levinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0721-2834)
- Asaf Achiron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-6908)
- Ami Hirsh
- Nir Gomel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4771-1374)
- Shmuel Levinger
- Nadav Shemesh
- Michael Mimouni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4661-0993)
- Nir Sorkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-1475)
- Adi Abulafia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5008-9432)
- Nadav Levinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3682-0225)
- Maya Tenne
Institutions
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Rambam Health Care Campus (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/25158414251349340
- Primary Topic
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00