The role of heat in rubbing and massage-related corneal deformation

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 148-154

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a   Korb, Donald R ^b,c   Blackie, Caroline A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Korb Associates   (United States)

^c TearScience Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal deformation; Ocular massage; Warm compresses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHALAZION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD TREATMENT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL DEFORMATION; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRY EYE; EYE MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MASSAGE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MASSAGE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863612567     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2012.01.001     Document Type: Review

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