Betina Orman Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology Unit, School of Dentistry, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Betina Orman is from Department of Pharmacology Unit at School of Dentistry of Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Betina Orman research interest are Dry eye disease, Ocular surface, Presbyopia, Pilocarpine, NSAIDs, Pharmacological treatment, Conjunctival impression cytology.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Sonia Facal, Juliana Leiro, Ariel Gualtieri, Cristian Perez, Giovanna Benozzi and Betina Orman
Background: Presbyopia is the progressive deterioration of accommodation and can be treated with a non-invasive pharmacological treatment using eye drops.
Objective: To evaluate the ocular surface integrity and the tear production in patients under pharmacological treatment for presbyopia using eye drops with the combination of pilocarpine and diclofenac during one year. Methods: A total of thirty eyes were included in this study. The evaluation of the influence of the pharmacological treatment of the ocular surface, Schirmer test and tear film break-up time, ocular surface staining and conjunctival impression cytology were performed at baseline (T0) and after one year (T1).
Results: For Schirmer ... view moreĀ»