@article{article_730487, title={Effect of dexpanthenol on patient comfort in treatment of traumatic corneal abrasions}, journal={Pamukkale Medical Journal}, volume={14}, pages={43–48}, year={2021}, DOI={10.31362/patd.730487}, author={Kılıc, Deniz and Vural, Esra and Albayrak, Gamze and Arslan, Mahmut}, keywords={Travmatik korneal abrazyon, Dekspantenol, görsel ağrı skalası}, abstract={Objective: The aim in this study was to investigate if the use of Dexpanthenol could play a role in the relief of pain in the treatment of corneal abrasions (CA). Methods: Patients presenting to the BLINDED with a diagnosis of CA were conducted in this retrospective, case-control study. A detailed ocular examination was done and pain severity was assessed using a visual analogue scale (VAS) score. In group 1, subjects were treated with only topical ofloxacin %0.3 while subjects in group 2 were treated with topical ofloxacin %0.3 and dexpanthenol. Foreign body sensation, photophobia, excessive lacrimation and VAS were documented at follow up examinations. Results: 70 patients were allocated into group 1 and 68 patients were allocated into group 2. At each visit, there were significant differences in VAS scores between the groups (p<0.005). VAS scores were lower in group-2. There were no statistically significant differences between two groups in terms of photophobia, foreign body sensation, excessive lacrimation (p>0.05). All patients were free of any complications.
Conclusion: Although it was shown that adding topical dexpanthenol to the treatment regimen could permit faster pain relief in treating CAs, the prospective studies should be done. Key words: Traumatic corneal abrasion, Dexpanthenol, Visual analogue scale.}, number={1}, publisher={Pamukkale Üniversitesi}