“…Dry eye following cataract surgery has been shown to have a high variability in its incidence, ranging from 9.8 to 96.6. 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 The incidence of dry eye among patients undergoing cataract surgery has been shown to be dependent on a host of factors including the type of procedure (SICS/phacoemulsification), type of ophthalmic solution used, intra- and postoperative medications, coexistent systemic disorders, operating microscope exposure time, CDE during phacoemulsification, and time since surgery. But none of them have been confirmed to be individually responsible for causing dry eye.…”