Ocular surface disease
Treating ocular surface disease: new agents in development
... In addition to secretagogs and molecules targeting the inflam- matory cascade, another very important and useful therapy in combating ocular surface disease and dysfunctional tear syndrome has been ...
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Therapeutic uses of scleral contact lenses for ocular surface disease: patient selection and special considerations
... the ocular surface related to ...severe ocular surface disease and those who are very sensitive may have a toxic response to buffer agents, and in most cases, a nonpreserved, ...
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<p>Impact of Ocular Surface Disease Treatment in Patients with Glaucoma</p>
... Some studies have investigated the coexistence of glau- coma and ocular surface disease (OSD). 5–7 The prevalence of OSD is estimated to vary between 5% and 30% in the general population, 8,9 but may ...
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Prevalence of ocular surface disease symptoms and risk factors in group of university students in Monterrey, Mexico
... of ocular surface disease; this could be due to several factors: first is that the position of the computer screen was not evaluated and lowering the screen level has been reported to reduce the ...
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The use of autologous serum for the treatment of ocular surface disease at a Swedish tertiary referral center
... Ocular surface disease (OSD) can be challenging for ophthalmologists worldwide. Disturbances affecting the delicate balance among cornea, tear film, and conjunctiva are studied with the aim of ...
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The Anatomical Dry Eye —A Different Form of Ocular Surface Disease Deserves Focus
... eye disease is currently considered mainly tear film related ocular surface ...respect ocular sur- face ...eye disease patients is primarily of surface morphological ...the ...
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Challenges in the clinical measurement of ocular surface disease in glaucoma patients
... Abstract: Ocular surface disease (OSD) is common among glaucoma ...the ocular surface, with respect to glaucoma patients in particular, was also ...assessing ocular ...
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A multicenter evaluation of ocular surface disease prevalence in patients with glaucoma
... and ocular hypertension, since patients with these conditions routinely use multiple topical ocular IOP-lowering agents, which can be administered several times a day for long periods of ...topical ...
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<p>Influence of bacterial burden on meibomian gland dysfunction and ocular surface disease</p>
... gland disease, the lash follicles may be ignored; when a patient has lacrimal gland involvement, the meibomian glands may be ...recalcitrant disease – and promote its identi fi cation among the ophthalmic ...
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Diagnostic Evaluation of Ocular Surface Disease Index Questionnaire for Dry Eye Diseases
... eye disease has definitely become an emerging ophthalmological problem affecting 5 to 30 % of general population [1],[2] ...mild ocular discomfort, burning sensation, foreign body ...
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Symptoms and signs of ocular surface disease related to topical medication in patients with glaucoma
... Corneal staining with fluorescein is widely used to assess the health of the ocular surface. Our results indicate that increasing number of predominantly BAK-preserved eye drops per day was associated with ...
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Ocular surface disease in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension treated with either BAK-preserved latanoprost or BAK-free travoprost
... on ocular surface health, as has been suggested by in vitro studies demonstrating that BAK has dose-dependent toxic effects, 20–22 and by animal studies demonstrating that BAK is ...
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Ocular surface disease in posttrabeculectomy/mitomycin C patients
... Results: Of the 15 eyes from 12 patients, 14 were treated with MMC and one with 5-fluorouracil. Mean age was 69.3±10.6 years and two-thirds were male. The median interval before onset of dry eye symptoms after surgery ...
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Effects of preservative-free tafluprost on tear film osmolarity, tolerability, and intraocular pressure in previously treated patients with open-angle glaucoma
... of Ocular Surface Disease Index and Ocular Surface Symptoms in Glaucoma Scale questionnaires, patients were assigned to preservative-free tafluprost ...
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SIDRE: Symptomatic Improvement of Dry Eye Study
... The Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) is a validated three-section, 12-item scaled questionnaire evaluat- ing and quantifying severity, visual function, and quality of life related to the symptoms ...
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Corneal permeability changes in dry eye disease: an observational study
... have ocular surface disease that increase corneal permeability to fluorescein, but the amount of change as we measured it did not correlate with other ...
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Assessment of tear-evaporation rate in thyroid-gland patients
... Objective: To assess the tear-evaporation rate in thyroid-gland patients using a VapoMeter. Methods: Twenty thyroid gland patients aged 18–43 years (mean 34.3±6.3 years) completed the study. Additionally, an age-matched ...
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The course of dry eye after phacoemulsification surgery
... females. Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire scores increased postoperatively, but arrived preoperative levels at the end of 3rd month following the ...
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Case Control study for Ocular surface risk factors in Microbial Keratitis
... Patients with Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) have been found to present with hyper-keratinization of the central duct, with the excess keratin causing adherence of sloughed- off epithelial cells leading to blockage of ...
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Dry eye disease after refractive surgery
... eye disease was performed at 1 and 6 months postoperatively, which included vision-related fe (Ocular Surface Disease Index [OSDI]), clinical examinations (tear film breakup time [TBUT]), ...
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