Diagnosis and management of meibomian gland dysfunction: optometrists' perspective
Clinical Optometry, 2015 Dominick L Opitz,1 Jennifer S Harthan,1 Stephanie R Fromstein,1 Scott G Hauswirth2 1Department of Clinical Education, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL, 2Minnesota Eye Consultants, Minneapolis, MN, USA Abstract: Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)
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Evaluation of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Among Ophthalmic Healthcare Workers
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021 Alison YY Chan,1,2,* Jasmine C Chuang,1,2,* Victoria WY Wong1– 3 1Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong; 2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 3HKU Health System, Li Ka Shing Faculty ...
Chan AYY, Chuang JC, Wong VWY
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Effect of topical 3% diquafosol sodium on eyes with dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2017 Shiro Amano, Kenji Inoue Inouye Eye Hospital, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the effect of topical diquafosol sodium on eyes with dry eye disease (DED) and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).Patients and methods: The ...
Amano S, Inoue K
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The ILux® compared to the mechanical meibomian gland expression for the treatment of moderate and severe meibomian gland dysfunction [PDF]
International Journal of OphthalmologyAIM: To compare the safety and effectiveness of eyelid treatment with the ILux®-MGD Treatment System in one session versus five sessions of mechanical meibomian gland expression (MMGE) in patients with moderate to severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
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Scientific ReportsMeibomian gland dysfunction is a chronic ocular surface disease with a complex pathogenesis, whose main clinical manifestations are meibomian gland obstruction or/and lipid abnormalities. To explore the mechanism of MGD due to meibomian gland obstruction
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The Influence of Chalazion History on Meibomian Gland Loss and DED. [PDF]
J OphthalmolObjective To investigate the impact of chalazion history on meibomian gland loss and dry eye disease (DED). Methods This study was a retrospective case–control study. Sixty patients with a history of chalazion admitted to a certain hospital from June 2021 to June 2024, who were selected as the previous chalazion group, and another 90 patients with no ...
Liu Y, Zhou Y, Xu C, Su T.
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Clinical and Meibomian Lipidomic Changes After Combined Intense Pulsed Light and Triamcinolone Acetonide Therapy for Chalazion: A Retrospective Single-Arm Pre-Post Case Series. [PDF]
J OphthalmolPurpose To explore the clinical changes associated with intense pulsed light (IPL) combined with triamcinolone acetonide (TA) injections in patients with chalazion and to evaluate associated changes in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scores and meibomian gland lipid profiles.
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Impact of Chronic Smoking on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between chronic cigarette smoking and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).This study enrolled 322 smokers with MGD and 2067 non-smokers with MGD.
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Comparison of the meibomian gland dysfunction in patients with chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease and Sjögren’s syndrome [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 AIM: To investigate the abnormalities in the meibomian gland in patients with dry eye disease (DED) associated with chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease (coGVHD) in comparison with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), a major form of aqueous deficient DED and ...
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Study of meibomian gland dysfunction and hypercholesterolemia
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2019 Background: Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Increased cholesterol in the meibomian gland secretion has been considered necessary for development of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
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