Liangzhe Li, Jiayan Chen, Guanghao Qin, Yifan Qi, Yimeng Chen, Mingze Li, Qing Zhang, Yuan Cheng, Naici Guo, Salissou Moutari, Jonathan E Moore, Sile Yu, Xingru He, Emmanuel Eric Pazo
Background: Dry eye disease (DED) is a complex ocular surface inflammatory disorder with a multifactorial etiology. Therapies such as intense pulsed light (IPL) and heated eye mask (HEM) have been reported to improve the tear film lipid layer (TFLL) and signs and symptoms of DED. Methods: This randomized study aimed to compare the effects of IPL combined with HEM (IPL+HEM) group, IPL group, and control group in participants with evaporative DED. All participants were examined at baseline (D0), day 21 (D21), day 42 (D42), and day 84 (D84) for noninvasive tear breakup time (NITBUT), TFLL, corneal conjunctival staining (CS), meibomian gland quality (MGQ), meibomian gland expressibility (MGEx), and Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI)...
August 2023: Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery