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Methods: Sixty cataract patients were enrolled in a prospective study. “Dropless Surgery group” included forty eyes receiving Mydriasert ophthalmic insert (Laboratories Thea, France) and single application of eyeDRO corneal coating (Alchimia, Italy), before surgery. Control group included 20 eyes receiving topical mydriatics (Visufarma, Italy) preoperatively and irrigation with BSS (Alcon, USA) during surgery. All patients underwent phacoemulsification cataract surgery using Infinity equipment (Alcon, USA). Surgeon scored clarity of operative field and ease of manipulation at different intervals. Eye transparency was examined by slit lamp (Nikon, Japan), and epithelial damage by fluorescein staining, 2 hours postoperatively. All patients filled a self-assessment questionnaire.
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