OCT assessment of tear meniscus after punctal occlusion in dry eye disease.

摘要: PURPOSE To evaluate the tear meniscus changes after punctal occlusion in dry eye patients using Visante optical coherence tomography (OCT) a prospective controlled study. METHODS Thirty eyes of 15 symptomatic not responding to non-preserved artificial tears received additional upper and lower with silicone plugs, 30 age- sex-matched control only treatment for 1 month. All subjects underwent height (TMH) measurements OCT. study participants also slitmicroscopy graticule scale TMH measurement, strip meniscometry testing, film break-up time ocular surface vital staining fluorescein Rose Bengal dyes, Schirmer-1 test. Both groups, group patients, were examined before 1-month treatment. Wilcoxon-matched pair test was performed. The conducted compliance Tenets Declaration Helsinki. RESULTS by OCT slitlamp significantly improved (p 0.05). CONCLUSIONS measurement appears be effective monitoring occlusion. can valuable non-invasive quick clinical tool evaluation responses patients.