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ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2022

Changes of Lacrimal Puncta by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Topical Combined Antibiotic and Steroid Treatment in Cases of Inflammatory Punctual Stenosis.

Islam Awny, Elshimaa A Mateen Mossa, Tasneem Mohammed Bakheet, Hany Mahmoud, Amr Mounir

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Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07372014 (A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Nepafenac Combined With a Lubricant Versus a Lubricant Alone in the Treatment of Epiphora Associated With Lacrimal Punctum Stenosis in Mexican Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07372014 phase4active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Nepafenac Combined With a Lubricant Versus a Lubricant Alone in the Treatment of Epiphora Associated With Lacrimal Punctum Stenosis in Mexican Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de ValencianaRan2026 to 2026Enrolled68ConditionsEpiphora, Punctal StenosisArmsNepafenac and lubricant, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Islam AwnySohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8111-8366
Elshimaa A Mateen MossaSohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-7483
Tasneem Mohammed BakheetSohag Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
Hany MahmoudSohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-8154
Amr MounirSohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9682-671X
Sohag University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the role of medical treatment and assessing its effect on resolving epiphora and improving punctum size by high resolution AS-OCT imaging comparing punctal parameters in patients before and after treatment with topical combined antibiotic and steroid treatment in cases of inflammatory punctual stenosis.

resultsBoth groups were comparable regarding mean age (49 ± 13 vs 53 ± 11 years,

conclusionsTopical combined antibiotic and steroid treatment was an effective method in treating cases of inflammatory punctual stenosis as found by monitoring of punctal parameter changes by AS-OCT. AS-OCT was found to be a useful method for evaluation of the lacrimal punctal parameters especially with different treatment modalities in epiphora cases.

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PMID35111339
PMCPMC8803470
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