Corneal sensitivity, ocular surface health and tear film stability after punctal plug therapy of aqueous deficient dry eye

Corneal sensitivity, ocular surface health and tear film stability after punctal plug therapy of aqueous deficient dry eye

AIM: To evaluate the effect of punctal occlusion using thermosensitive (smart plug) versus silicone plug for management of aqueous deficient dry eye on corneal sensitivity, ocular surface health and tear film stability. METHODS: A comparative prospective interventional case study included 45 patien...

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Main Authors: Azza Mohamed Ahmed Said, Mona Elsayed Farag, Tarek Mohamed Abdulla, Othman Ali Othman Ziko, Wesam Mohamed Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2016-11-01
Series:International Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
conjunctival impression cytology
corneal sensitivity
corneal fluorescein staining
dry eye syndrome
Schirmer’s test
silicone plug
thermosensitive smart plug
Online Access:http://www.ijo.cn/en_publish/2016/11/20161110.pdf

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