Background :Phacoemulsification is cataractsurgery method with minimalincissionusingultrasonicvibratortodestructhardnucleus.One ofthecomplicationofthismethodisaffecttearfilm productionwhichcan leadintoreversibledryeyessyndrome.Thisresearchisnecessarytolearn aboutcorrelationofthephacoemulsificationtimetotearproduction. Method:Thisresearchwasquasiexperimentalwithcohorton60samples agesbetween18-80yearswhotookphacoemulsificationsurgeryand dividedinto3categorieswhicharefast(10-15minutes),intermediete(15- 20 minutes),and slow (>20 minutes).In this research the tearfilm productionwastestedbySchirmerTestII.Thedatawasanalyzingby SPSS16.0usingPearsoncorrelationtest,OneWayANOVAtest,andPost HocTukeytest. Result:Thisresearchobtainedthatthefastgroupis44%,moderategroup 35%,lategroup21%.TheresultofPearsoncorrelationtestshowsthereis acorrelationbetweenphacoemulsificationtimeandtearfilm production withthepvalue=0,041.TheresultofOneWayANOVAtestshowsthere aresignificantdifferencesbetweenthreecategorieswiththepvalue= 0,017.TheresultofPostHocTukeytestshowsonlythefastcategoryand slowcategoryhassignificantdifferencewiththepvalue=0,014. Conclusion:Itcanbeconcludedthatthereisacorrelationbetween phacoemulsificationtimeandtearfilm production.