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      <journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Arch Pharm Pract</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">archivepp.com</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Arch Pharm Pract</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Archives of Pharmacy Practice</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2320-5210</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">archivepp.com-1162</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.51847/cvqPvgruf5</article-id>
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          <subject>Original research</subject>
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        <article-title>A Randomized Clinical Trial on Topical Ketorolac Administration Following Phaco-Surgery for Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome</article-title>
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                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Akbari</surname>
                <given-names>Mitra</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
                                                            <xref rid="cor1" ref-type="corresp" />
                          </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Soltani Moghadam</surname>
                <given-names>Reza</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
                                        </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Mohamadpour</surname>
                <given-names>Anvar</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
                                        </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Leili</surname>
                <given-names>Ehsan Kazemnezhad</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
                                        </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Azaripour</surname>
                <given-names>Ebrahim</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
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                  <aff id="aff1">
            <label>1</label>Eye Research Center, Department of Eye, Amiralmomenin Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Science, Rasht, Iran.
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                          <author-notes>
            <corresp id="cor1">
              <bold>Address for correspondence:</bold> Prof. Wael Abu Dayyih, Department of
              Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mutah University, Al-Karak 61710, Jordan.
                              E-mail: <email xlink:href="mitra.akbari20@gmail.com">mitra.akbari20@gmail.com</email>
                          </corresp>
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                    <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>27</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>15</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>40</fpage>
      <lpage>46</lpage>
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      <abstract>
        <title>A<sc>BSTRACT</sc></title>
        <p>The current randomized clinical trial was conducted to determine the influence of topical ketorolac combination with steroids on anterior segment inflammation and other adverse effects following phaco-surgery for pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome. A total of eighty-eight patients with PEX and cataracts who had undergone phacoemulsification participated in the trial. They were randomly placed into one of two groups, which received betamethasone (0.1%) and chloramphenicol (5%) for two weeks, either with or without ketorolac eye drops (0.5%). The two groups&amp;#39; six-month post-operative differences in ACO (Anterior Capsule Opacification) and PCO (Posterior Capsule Opacification) were compared using SPSS 21 software. Measurements of BCVA (Best-Corrected Visual Acuity), IOP (Intraocular Pressure), and ACI (Anterior Chamber Inflammation) were taken on days 1, 3, 7, and 30 after surgery. 

Between the 46 patients in the study group (who took ketorolac) and the 42 patients in the control group (who did not take ketorolac), there was no change in IOP or BCVA on days 30, 7, 3, and 1 following surgery (P &gt; 0.05). The study group had reduced levels of PCO and ACO at six months postoperatively (P </p>
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                <kwd>Cataract</kwd>
                <kwd>Ketorolac</kwd>
                <kwd>Pseudoexfoliation syndrome</kwd>
                <kwd>Phaco-surgery</kwd>
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