Visual function changes after punctal occlusion with the treatment of short but type of dry eye

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1009-1013

  Kaido, Minako ^a   Ishida, Reiko ^a   Dogru, Murat ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dry eye; functional visual acuity; punctal occlusion; short BUT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE SURGERY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTAL PLUG OCCLUSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAR FILM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865496171     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8cfc     Document Type: Article

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