Pain perception enhancement in consecutive second-eye phacoemulsification cataract surgeries under topical anesthesia
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Huai-Jin Guan and Min Ji. Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, No.20 Xisi Road, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China. guanhjeye@163.com; amyjieye@126.com

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.82171038; No.81974129); Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Discipline (No.JSDW202245).

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    Cataract is the main cause of visual impairment and blindness worldwide while the only effective cure for cataract is still surgery. Consecutive phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia has been the routine procedure for cataract surgery. However, patients often grumbled that they felt more painful during the second-eye surgery compared to the first-eye surgery. The intraoperative pain experience has negative influence on satisfaction and willingness for second-eye cataract surgery of patients with bilateral cataracts. Intraoperative ocular pain is a complicated process induced by the nociceptors activation in the peripheral nervous system. Immunological, neuropsychological, and pharmacological factors work together in the enhancement of intraoperative pain. Accumulating published literatures have focused on the pain enhancement during the second-eye phacoemulsification surgeries. In this review, we searched PubMed database for articles associated with pain perception differences between consecutive cataract surgeries published up to Feb. 1, 2024. We summarized the recent research progress in mechanisms and interventions for pain perception enhancement in consecutive second-eye phacoemulsification cataract surgeries. This review aimed to provide novel insights into strategies for improving patients’ intraoperative experience in second-eye cataract surgeries.

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Jia-Wei Luo, Yan-Hua Chen, Jian-Feng Yu, et al. Pain perception enhancement in consecutive second-eye phacoemulsification cataract surgeries under topical anesthesia. Int J Ophthalmol, 2024,17(8):1510-1518

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  • Received:October 11,2023
  • Revised:January 30,2024
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  • Online: July 23,2024
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