OCT Guided Punctal Stenosis Management

Tanta University80 enrolled

Overview

This is a clinical trial study that was conducted on patients with punctal stenosis.We studied the diameter of stenosed puncta before and after treatment with preserved free steroid eye drops using AS-OCT.

The study was conducted on 40 eyes of 24 patients have acquired inflammatory punctal stenosis and 20 eyes of 10 patients of normal asymptomatic subjects as control group. We studied the external punctal diameter, visibility of the internal punctum and punctal depth before treatment using AS-OCT, and then patients were re-evaluated after one month of treatment with preservative free methylprednisolone 5% eye drops.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Epiphora Due to Insufficient Drainage

Interventions

Methylprednisolone eyedropsDRUG

instillation of methylprednisolone eye drops

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients have acquired inflammatory punctum stenosis complaining of epiphora of different etiologies. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous lacrimal surgery. * Lid margin malposition such as ectropion, entropion or lid retraction. * Medial lid masses obscuring punctum. * History of ocular trauma involving lid margin or punctum.

Locations (1)

Amr Awara

Tanta, Gharbeyia, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

punctal opening

evaluation of punctalopening by OCT

Time frame: one month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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