الملخص
Purpose: The 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. Methods: A 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). Results: Improvement 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 (P = 0.001). Improvement was noticed in 80% of Group 2 patients (mean OSDI score pretreatment: 53.8 and posttreatment: 31.7, P = 0.017). The tear breakup time (TBUT) in Group 1 significantly improved from a mean of 3.2 s to 5.9 s (P = 0.001), whereas it showed no significant changes in Group 2 (mean TBUT pretreatment: 3.6 s and posttreatment: 3.9 s, P = 0.654). Complications occurred in 13.3% in Group 2, including punctal granuloma and proximal canalicular obstruction. No adverse effects were recorded in Group 1. Conclusion: IPL 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.
الكلمات المفتاحية
بيانات النشر
- المعرّف الرقمي
- 10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23
- المجلة
- المجلة العُمانية لطب العيون, 17(1), 108-112
- الناشر
- منشورات ميدنو
- وصول مفتوح
- وصول مفتوح ذهبي
اقتبس هذه المقالة
APA 7
Elbakary, M. A., Shalaby, O. E., Allam, W. A., Alagorie, A. R., & Shafik, H. M. (2024). Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 17(1), 108-112. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23
MLA 9
Elbakary, Molham A, et al. "Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 17, no. 1, 2024, pp. 108-112. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23.
شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)
Elbakary, Molham A, Osama E Shalaby, Waleed A Allam, Ahmed R Alagorie, and Heba M Shafik. 2024. "Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 17 (1): 108-112. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23.
هارفارد
Elbakary, M. A., Shalaby, O. E., Allam, W. A., Alagorie, A. R. and Shafik, H. M. (2024) 'Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 17(1), pp. 108-112. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23.
فانكوفر
Elbakary MA, Shalaby OE, Allam WA, Alagorie AR, Shafik HM. Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2024;17(1):108-112. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23
IEEE
M. A. Elbakary, O. E. Shalaby, W. A. Allam, A. R. Alagorie, and H. M. Shafik, "Quality of life improvement in dry eye patients after intense pulsed light therapy compared to punctal plugs," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 108-112, 2024, doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_23.