To analyze the effects of sodium hyaluronate combined with recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rhEGF) eye drops in patients with dry eye. Totally 97 patients who suffered dry eye after cataract surgery in our hospital from March 2018 to June 2020 were selected and randomly assigned into control group (n=57, sodium hyaluronate eye drops) and intervention group (n=63, sodium hyaluronate combined with rhEGF eye drops). The clinical efficacy, Break Up Time (BUT), schirmer I test (SLt), fluorescent test (FL) and ocular surface disease index (OSDI), the scale of quality of life for disease with visual impairment (SQOL-DVI), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-a) level of the two groups were compared. The intervention group yielded remarkably higher effective rate than the control group (p<0.05). Markedly higher BUT, SLt, SQOL-DVI scores and lower OSDI scores were witnessed among patients in the intervention group than the control group (p<0.05). The clinical effect of sodium hyaluronate combined with rhEGF eye drops in the treatment of dry eye is superior to sodium hyaluronate alone, in terms of enhancing the stability of tear film, accelerating corneal healing, inhibiting the level of inflammatory factors and improving patients' quality of life.
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