SmartPlug versus silicone punctal plug therapy for dry eye: A prospective randomized trial

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-394

  Burgess, Philip I ^a,b   Koay, Peter ^a   Clark, Patricia ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry eye syndromes; Lacrimal apparatus; Prosthesis implantation; Sj gren syndrome; SmartPlug

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; ROSE BENGAL; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DEVICE THERAPY; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EVALUATION; EYE INJURY; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PLUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIRMER TEST; STAINING; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; AGED; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; ROSE BENGAL; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549114749     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318160d030     Document Type: Article

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