Intense Pulsed Light Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

To observe 1 changes in meibomian gland mg after exposure to intense pulsed light ipl and 2 to understand the mechanism by which ipl treats meibomian gland dysfunction mgd in patients.

Intense pulsed light meibomian gland dysfunction.

As ipl is a relatively new treatment modality for mgd there are limited reports in the literature. In a retrospective study of patients with refractory dry eye who had exhausted conventional treatment and elected to receive intense pulsed light and meibomian gland expression ipl mgx 58 percent of patients symptoms improved from as much as 25 to more than 50 percent after treatment. Week 12 minus baseline. Ninety eyes of 45 patients were randomly assigned to receive either the combination of ipl and mgx or mgx alone control.

Ipl is a widely used technology in dermatology. Study results were published in cornea in 2016. Intense pulsed light ipl downregulates the level of interleukin il 6 in tears of patients with dry eye disease owing to meibomian gland dysfunction. Combined low level light therapy and intense pulsed light therapy for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction karl stonecipher 1 thomas g abell 2 bennett chotiner 3 erik chotiner 3 rick potvin41physicians protocol greensboro nc usa.

Ipl application on the periocular skin effectively improves meibomian gland secretion and tear film break up time tbut in patients with mgd dry eye. The search was performed in december 2019 and returned 41. For this review we searched the pubmed database with the following search terms. To evaluate the effects of.

To determine the efficacy and safety of intense pulsed light ipl applied directly on the eyelids and meibomian gland expression mgx in treating meibomian gland dysfunction mgd background. For treating dry eye originally designed for use in dermatology ipl may be a potent tool for treating meibomian gland dysfunction. A cohort study including 35 mgd patients was conducted. To observe 1 changes in meibomian gland mg after exposure to intense pulsed light ipl and 2 to understand the mechanism by which ipl treats meibomian gland dysfunction mgd in.

Approximately 50 of dry eye is caused by mgd. Baseline corrected change of the level of il 6 week 4 minus baseline. Ipl treatment has been shown to improve tear quality and improve patient reported symptoms. Ipl intense pulsed light treatment for dry eyes is the latest pain free and effective way to treat dry eye related to meibomian gland dysfunction or mgd.

One key source of potential tear film trouble is the meibomian glands. Il 6 change to baseline. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intense pulsed light ipl combined with meibomian gland expression mgx for treatment of refractory meibomian gland dysfunction mgd. 2abell eyes lexington ky usa.

Each eye underwent eight treatment sessions at 3 week intervals.