...Guifang Wang; Honghui Li; Hongmei Long; Xileyuan Gong; Shufang Hu; Can Gong Purpose: The objective of the study was to investigate efficacy and mechanisms of mouse adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes (mADSC-Exos) in the benzalkonium chloride (BAC)-induced mouse dry eye model...

...Haiting Chen; Xueyan Feng; Guangzeng Niu; Yuxiang Fan Objectives: To evaluate dry eye (DE) and associated meibomian gland dysfunction parameters after Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) surgery. Methods: This is a prospective observational case series. Patients who underwent ICL implantation without...

...Meiyan Li; Li Zeng; Shengjian Mi; Ying Li; Zhirong Liu; Keming Yu; Qi Hu; Haiyan Li; Daijin Ma; Yuehua Zhou; Jibing Wang; Xiaomei Guo; Xuejun Fang; Ji Bai; Joanne Choi; Xingtao Zhou Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of preoperative dry eye disease and evaluate tear...

...Chang Liu; Yiyue Song; Xiaoran Wang; Zhaoguang Lai; Chaoyang Li; Pengxia Wan; Nuo Xu; Danping Huang; Yizhi Liu; Zhichong Wang Purpose: To examine whether dry eye severity is a risk factor for pterygium activity and whether vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is crucial in the cross talk...

...Dario Rusciano; Salvatore Pezzino; Melania Olivieri; Martina Cristaldi; Caterina Gagliano; Gabriella Lupo; Carmelina Daniela Anfuso Dry eye is the most prominent pathology among those involving the ocular surface: a decrease of the aqueous (less frequent) or the lipid (more frequent) component...

... eye disease after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery. Material and Methods: This is a longitudinal, retrospective, comparative, and descriptive study of 77 eyes of 42 patients with dry eye disease following LASIK surgery. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of PRGF...

...Kenneth G.-J. Ooi; Denis Wakefield; Frank A. Billson; Stephanie L. Watson Aims: To elucidate if topically applied atorvastatin safely decreases corneal fluorescein staining in dry eyes associated with blepharitis. Methods: Ten dry eye and blepharitis (DEB) patients were enroled in a prospective...

... cosmetics are highly regulated and relatively safe to use; however, it could be beneficial to design makeup products that do not interact with meibum, especially since women have a higher prevalence of dry eye symptoms. r0bhol01@exchange.louisville.edu National Institutes of Health (NIH...

... and its components are necessary for the tear film production and stability, we investigated the outcome after eyelid reconstruction focusing on dry eye symptoms using a new thermographic device, the TG-1000. Methods: Seventeen eyes of patients formerly treated with Hughes flaps (n = 16) and a Cutler...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dry eye Surgical punctal occlusion Punctal switch graft Short Communication Ophthalmic Res 2011;46:218 220 DOI: 10.1159/000329837 Received: November 26, 2010 Accepted...

... the preliminary results of our animal study on dry eye, and I report my personal experience as a dry eye patient, which has been alleviated by the antiaging approach . Ophthalmic Res 2010;44:146 154 DOI: 10.1159/000316594 Published online: September 9, 2010 The Era of Antiaging Ophthalmology Comes of Age...

...G. Petroutsos; C.A. Paschides; K.X. Karakostas; K. Psilas In order to compare the diagnostic tests for dry eye disease and the results of conjunctival impression cytology, we examined three groups of eyes: 146 eyes of normal controls, 108 eyes of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) patients without...

... and therapies for dry eye disease. Methods: A web-based questionnaire was used to survey attitudes using forced-choice questions and Likert scales. Results: Sixty-one respondents (23 ophthalmologists and 38 optometrists) reported a wide range of patient dry eye symptoms. A large variation in use of diagnostic...

...Piera Versura; Mauro Cellini; Alberto Torreggiani; Vincenzo Profazio; Benedetta Bernabini; Roberto Caramazza Purpose: To report the diagnostic and therapeutic data obtained from 1,200 patients suffering from dry eye symptoms not due to Sjögren’s syndrome or other auto-immune diseases. Methods...