Background: dry eye and glaucoma are two common pathologies in the elderly, and are very often associated. This association suggests a link between them and between their treatments. Our purpose for this study is to d...
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Background: dry eye and glaucoma are two common pathologies in the elderly, and are very often associated. This association suggests a link between them and between their treatments. Our purpose for this study is to determine the prevalence of dry eye in our glaucoma patients treated with eye drops and deduce the factors associated with it. Patients and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, analytical study from October 2022 to September 2023 in the ophthalmology department of Garoua Regional Hospital in glaucoma patients aged over 15 years able to answer the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaires and treated with antiglaucoma eye drops for more than 3 months. These patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination and a tear film break-up time test. Results: A total of 73 patients (146 eyes) were examined. The average age of the patients was 47.2 ± 16.5 years, with a male predominance of 54.8%. The prevalence of dry eye syndrome in our patients according to the OSDI score was 56.2% (95% CI) (44.8;67.6). The prevalence of dry eye syndrome on clinical examination of the BUT in the right eye was 83.7% (95% CI) (75.1;92.1) and 79.4% (70.2;88.7) in the left eye. The duration of antiglaucoma treatment was the factor associated with dry eye syndrome (p dry Eye Syndrome is common in glaucoma patients on drops in our setting. Treatment duration of more than 1 year seems to be associated with dry eyes.
dry eye disease aetiologies can be classified dichotomously into aqueous deficient and evaporative types although many cases involve combinations of *** diagnosis can be confounded by some features of dry eye disease ...
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dry eye disease aetiologies can be classified dichotomously into aqueous deficient and evaporative types although many cases involve combinations of *** diagnosis can be confounded by some features of dry eye disease being common to both *** example,short tear break-up times are prime diagnostic findings of tear instability due to lipid and/or mucin deficiencies,but thin tear layers in aqueous deficient eyes also shorten tear break-up times,even at normal range rates of evaporation in eyes without lipid and/or mucin *** tear instability and short tear film break-up times due to thin tear layers can be independent of lipid and/or mucin deficiency,aqueous deficiency can be another form of evaporation-related dry ***,tear layers which are thickened by punctal occlusion can be less susceptible to tear *** inflamed lacrimal gland producing reduced quantities of warmer tears can be a basis for thin tear layers and tear instability demonstrated by shorter tear break-up *** used clinical tests for aqueous deficiency can be unreliable and less ***,failure to detect or confirm aqueous deficiency as a contributor to short tear break-up times could result in too much weight being given to a diagnosis of meibomian gland *** successful treatment outcomes may be a consequence of failing to detect aqueous *** disease classification by considering aqueous deficiency as a contributor to,or even a form of evaporation-related dry eye,could be the basis for more comprehensive and appropriate treatment *** example,some treatment methods for evaporation-related dry eye might be appropriate for aqueous and mucin-deficient as well as lipid-deficient dry ***-inflammatory treatment for the lacrimal gland as well as the conjunctiva,may result in increased aqueous production,reduced tear temperature,tear instability and evaporation rates as well as lower osmol
Background:This study was performed to introduce a new wireless endoscopic *** and development were based on fifth-generation transmission *** symptoms and visual discomfort induced by the novel endoscopic system were...
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Background:This study was performed to introduce a new wireless endoscopic *** and development were based on fifth-generation transmission *** symptoms and visual discomfort induced by the novel endoscopic system were compared with those induced by the conventional endoscopic system before and during laparoscopic pelvic *** and methods:Twenty surgeons successfully conducted laparoscopic pelvic surgeries using a conventional endoscopic system and a wireless endoscopic *** and objective data were measured to evaluate visual discomfort before and 2 hours after ***:In the conventional endoscopic and wireless endoscopic system groups,no significant differences were found in the presurgical or postsurgical *** both groups,tear film breakup times significantly decreased after ***,after comparing the 2 groups,no statistically significant difference was ***:Compared with the conventional endoscopic system,the novel wireless endoscopic system does not cause additional visual discomfort for experienced surgeons.
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