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Published in: BMC Ophthalmology 1/2023

Open Access 01-12-2023 | Intense Pulsed Light | Research

Intense pulsed-light treatment improves objective optical quality in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction

Authors: Woong-Joo Whang, Jeongseop Yun, Kyungmin Koh

Published in: BMC Ophthalmology | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

Background

To evaluate changes in objective optical quality following intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment combined with meibomian gland (MG) expression (MGX) in patients with MG dysfunction (MGD).

Methods

This retrospective cross-sectional study included MGD-related dry eye disease (DED) patients who received IPL treatment between March and December 2021 at Kim’s Eye Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Each patient underwent four sessions of IPL treatment using Lumenis M22 (Lumenis Ltd., Yokneam, Israel) and MGX at three-week intervals.

Results

This study included 90 eyes from 45 patients with MGD. The mean age was 52.3 ± 16.1 years (range, 20–75 years), and 53.3% (24/45) of patients were female. Compared with the baseline, all clinical symptoms and signs significantly improved after IPL treatment combined with MGX. All optical quality parameters obtained with an optical quality analysis system (OQAS: Visiometrics, Castelldefels, Spain) have improved significantly over the baseline (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

In patients with MGD, IPL treatment combined with MGX improved the objective optical quality and clinical signs and symptoms of DED.
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Metadata
Title
Intense pulsed-light treatment improves objective optical quality in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction
Authors
Woong-Joo Whang
Jeongseop Yun
Kyungmin Koh
Publication date
01-12-2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Ophthalmology / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-023-02939-9

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