| A new punctal plug insertion technique to prevent intracanalicular plug migration. | |
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PMID: 18775526 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the intracanalicular migration rate during plug insertion with a new plug insertion technique compared with a standard technique. DESIGN: Interventional, nonrandomized, comparative study. METHOD: Forty-five patients with dry eye syndrome underwent a punctal plug insertion with the new technique, and 33 patients underwent a punctal plug insertion with a standard technique at the dry eye subspecialty outpatient clinic of the Department of Ophthalmology at Keio University. Tear function examinations and ocular surface evaluations, including the Schirmer test, tear film breakup time, fluorescein and Rose Bengal vital staining scores, were performed before punctal plug insertion. Super Flex Punctum Plugs (Eagle Vision, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Softplug-Oasis Medical Inc, Glendora, California, USA) were implanted in all subjects with both techniques. In total, 120 procedures were carried out with the new technique and 132 procedures with the standard technique. RESULTS: There were no statistical differences between the two groups in tear function and ocular surface staining scores (P > .05). There was no intracanalicular plug migration with the new insertion technique, whereas there were 18 incidents of intracanalicular migration of 132 standard plug insertion procedures (13.6%). CONCLUSIONS: The new plug insertion technique seems to be effective in eliminating intracanalicular plug migration during the insertion procedure. |
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Authors:
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Minako Kaido; Reiko Ishida; Murat Dogru; Kazuo Tsubota |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2008-09-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of ophthalmology Volume: 147 ISSN: 1879-1891 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Ophthalmol. Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-12-22 Completed Date: 2009-01-08 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370500 Medline TA: Am J Ophthalmol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 178-182.e1 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Dry Eye Syndromes / surgery* Female Foreign-Body Migration / prevention & control* Humans Lacrimal Apparatus / surgery* Male Middle Aged Prostheses and Implants* Prosthesis Implantation / methods* Silicone Elastomers* Tears / physiology |
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0/Silicone Elastomers |
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