Punctal occlusion for dry eye syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Ervin, Ann Margret ^a   Law, Andrew ^a   Pucker, Andrew D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; COLLAGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; PILOCARPINE; SILICONE;

AQUEOUS TEAR PRODUCTION; BLEPHARITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CAUTERIZATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE IRRITATION; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LID SWELLING; LID TENDERNESS; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MUCOUS DISCHARGE; NAUSEA; OCULAR SURFACE STAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLUG DISPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCTAL OCCLUSION; PUNCTAL PLUG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIRMER TEST; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAR FILM STABILITY; VOMITING; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; META ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; PUNCTAL PLUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021182456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006775.pub3     Document Type: Review

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