Outcomes Of Intense Pulsed Light Therapy For Treatment Of Evaporative Dry Eye Disease

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Outcomes of intense pulsed light therapy for treatment of evaporative dry eye disease. In a retrospective study of patients with refractory dry eye who had exhausted conventional treatment and elected to receive intense pulsed light and meibomian gland expression ipl mgx 58 percent of patients symptoms improved from as much as 25 to more than 50 percent after treatment. 1 dell laser consultants austin tx usa. There is a clear association between dry eye disease ded and skin inflammatory diseases occurring in close proximity to the eyelids such as facial skin rosacea. Intense pulsed light for evaporative dry eye disease.

Intense pulsed light meibomian gland disease dry eye disease evaporative dry eye. Intense pulsed light ipl therapy is a relatively new treatment for evaporative dry eye. Vora md cynthia matossian md facs michelle kim md sandra stinnett drph. Study results were published in cornea in 2016.

Intense pulsed light ipl is the therapeutic tool implemented in the treatment of dry eye characterized by the emission of waves of 500 1200nm in the region of the upper and lower eyelids. Intense pulsed light ipl therapy which has been used extensively in dermatology to treat chronic skin conditions is a relatively new treatment in ophthalmology for patients with evaporative dry eye disease. Ipl has a long history in dermatology often being used to treat patients with facial telangiectasias and erythema caused by rosacea. 14 15 using filters in the ipl hand piece the broad spectrum light emitted from the flash lamp can be selectively.

Vora g gupta p. Further clinical investigations are desirable to identify factors able to predict the positive outcomes of the procedure and therefore to select in advance those patients who best benefit from ipl therapy. Jiang x lv h song h et al.