Efficacy of Qiju Dihuang decoction combined with sodium hyaluronate eye drops in the treatment of xerophthalmia after cataract surgery

AIM: To explore the efficacy of Qiju Dihuang decoction combined with sodium hyaluronate eye drops in the treatment of xerophthalmia after cataract surgery.METHODS: A total of 120 patients with xerophthalmia after cataract surgery admitted to our hospital were selected between January 2018 and January 2020, and randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 60 cases in each group. The control group was treated with sodium hyaluronate eye drops alone, and the observation group was given Qiju Dihuang decoction combined with sodium hyaluronate eye drops, and they were treated for 1mo. The clinical efficacy, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)syndromes scores, tear film break-up time(BUT), Schirmer Ⅰ test(SⅠt), corneal fluorescein staining(FL)and quality of life [25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire(NEI-VFQ-25)]were compared between the two groups.RESULTS:After treatment, the total effective rate of treatment was 93% in observation group and was 75% in control group(P