The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a hyaluronic acid containing eye drop in ameliorating ocular surface pathology and discomfort in canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). Twenty five dogs with KCS treated with a topical carbomer (CA)-based tear replacement gel were moved to treatment with a hyaluronic acid (HA)-containing tear replacement eye drop. Dogs were subject to a fu...

OBJECTIVE To explore meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) may determine the severity of dry eye conditions in visual display terminal (VDT) workers. METHODOLOGY Prospective, case-control study carried out in China.106 eyes of 53 patients (VDT work time >4 hour per day) were recruited as the Long time VDT group; 80 eyes of 40 control subjects (VDT work time ≤ 4 hour per day) served as the Short t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of dry eye and vitiligo diseases with objective parameters and a questionnaire. METHODS The study was conducted in 30 vitiligo patients and 31 patients with non-complicated refractory complaints. All the patients underwent complete ophthalmologic examinations including fluorescein break-up time (FBU), corneal fluorescein staining (CFS) and Schirmer test-I...

purpose: to compare tear secretion values following lasik (laser in situ keratomileusis) and photorefractive keratectomy (prk). methods: patients referred to aban eye clinic (isfahan, iran) for refractive surgery were randomly assigned to lasik or prk. exclusion criteria were contraindications for refractive surgery, usage of topical ocular drugs, dry eye and reoperation. schirmer test was perf...

PURPOSE To define a combination of the Schirmer I and phenol red thread (PRT) tests that improves the screening of patients with ocular sicca syndrome. METHODS The PRT test was performed before (PRT1) and after (PRT2) the Schirmer I test, in both eyes of 143 patients complaining of ocular dryness secondary to Sjögren's syndrome or sicca asthenia polyalgia syndrome (SAPS; 72 and 71 patients, r...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of dietary consumption of omega-3 fatty acids (O3FAs) on dry eye symptoms, Schirmer test, tear film break up time (TBUT) and conjunctival impression cytology (CIC) in patients with computer vision syndrome. SETTING AND DESIGN Interventional, randomized, double blind, multi-centric study. METHODS Four hundred and seventy eight symptomatic patients using compute...

introduction: there is a limited number of case reports published in the past decade confirming the radio-iodine presence in the tear. these observations as well as reported cases of salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction after radioiodine therapy stimulated investigators to clarify whether lacrimal gland function can be affected post-radioiodine therapy. hence we planned a historical cohort s...

PURPOSE The Schirmer's test is commonly used in the clinic for the diagnosis of dry eye disease by measuring tear volume. This report describes a procedure which can be used to recover tears from the Schirmer strip for the measurement of multiple tear cytokines as well as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by Luminex technology. METHODS Cytokine and MMP recovery was determined by using spiked S...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a hyaluronic acid containing eye drop in ameliorating ocular surface pathology and discomfort in canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca (kcs). twenty five dogs with kcs treated with a topical carbomer (ca)-based tear replacement gel were moved to treatment with a hyaluronic acid (ha)-containing tear replacement eye drop. dogs were subject to a fu...

PURPOSE An oil in water emulsion of 0.01% all-trans-retinoic acid (tretinoin) was prepared and clinically evaluated in dry eye patients. METHODS The ophthalmic emulsion consisted of 10% of arachis oil and 90% of the hydrogel of Carbopol 940. To evaluate retinoic acid emulsion clinically, a placebo-controlled, open-labeled, randomized study was performed with 22 dry-eye patients. Symptoms were...