AIM:To explore clinical efficacy of hyperosmotic glucose after cataract surgery.

METHODS: Eighty eyes(80 cases)with II level and above grades corneal edema after small incision cataract operation were enrolled. They were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. Control group used TobraDex eye drops and other conventional treatment and the treatment group received hyperosmotic glucose(500g/L)with the bases of the control group. The regression of corneal edema was observed by slit lamp microscope. SPSS 17.0 statistical software was used for statistical analysis.

RESULTS: The level of corneal edema at the first day after surgery, age, sexuality and nuclear hardness in the treated group were compared with those in the control group, the differences were without significances(P>0.05). Disappearance time of corneal edema was 4.95±3.62d of the treatment group, and was 6.80±3.33d of the control group, the treatment group was better than control group(t=8.55, P=0.00).

CONCLUSION: Hyperosmotic glucose has exact and obvious efficacy for early corneal edema after cataract surgery.