Postoperative ocular pain

Postoperative ocular pain is an acute nociceptive and inflammatory state affecting the ocular and periocular structures following ophthalmic surgical interventions, such as cataract extraction, refractive surgery, or vitreoretinal procedures

Postoperative ocular pain is an acute nociceptive and inflammatory state affecting the ocular and periocular structures following ophthalmic surgical interventions, such as cataract extraction, refractive surgery, or vitreoretinal procedures

Postoperative ocular pain is an acute nociceptive and inflammatory state affecting the ocular and periocular structures following ophthalmic surgical interventions, such as cataract extraction, refractive surgery, or vitreoretinal procedures

It is primarily driven by surgical trauma, corneal nerve transection, and the release of inflammatory mediators like prostaglandins, which sensitize primary nociceptive afferents of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve

It is primarily driven by surgical trauma, corneal nerve transection, and the release of inflammatory mediators like prostaglandins, which sensitize primary nociceptive afferents of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve Clinically, affected patients experience symptoms ranging from foreign body sensations and burning to severe aching, frequently accompanied by photophobia, tearing, and conjunctival hyperemia

Clinically, affected patients experience symptoms ranging from foreign body sensations and burning to severe aching, frequently accompanied by photophobia, tearing, and conjunctival hyperemia

Clinically, affected patients experience symptoms ranging from foreign body sensations and burning to severe aching, frequently accompanied by photophobia, tearing, and conjunctival hyperemia