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ArticleOman journal of ophthalmology

Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs.

Molham A Elbakary, Osama E Shalaby, Waleed A Allam, Ahmed R Alagorie, Heba M Shafik

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Article in Oman journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Molham A ElbakaryDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Osama E ShalabyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Waleed A AllamDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Ahmed R AlagorieDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Heba M ShafikDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Tanta University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of the study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) improvement in evaporative dry eye patients after treatment with intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy compared to punctal plug insertion.

methodsA prospective comparative interventional study included 30 patients with moderate-to-severe evaporative dry eye. Patients' QOL affection before and after treatment was assessed by the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire. Fifteen patients were treated with IPL therapy (Group 1). The other 15 patients were treated with silicone punctal plug insertion (Group 2).

resultsImprovement of patients' QOL was noticed in all patients of Group 1, with significant improvement of OSDI score from a mean value of 56.9 to 22.9 (

conclusionIPL therapy had better results with more improvement of patients' QOL compared to punctal plugs. It also showed a better safety profile with no reported complications.

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Dry eye diseaseintense pulsed light therapypunctal plugsquality of life improvement

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PMID38524331
PMCPMC10957059
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