200 participants at Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University during September, 2020 to November, 2020 will be enrolled in this study. The meibomian gland related therapy are pulsed light therapy and meibomian gland hot compress massage.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Patients with xerophthalmia were treated with intense pulsed light of meibomian gland.
Patients with xerophthalmia were treated with hot compress massage of meibomian gland.
The length of meibomian glands after the treatment.
Length in millimeters.
Time frame: up to 2 months
The area of meibomian glands after the treatment.
Area in millimeters\^2.
Time frame: up to 2 months
The percentage of meibomian glands after the treatment.
Percentage of meibomian glands in %(area of meibomian glands (mm\^2) and area of palpebral conjunctiva (mm\^2) will be combined to report percentage of meibomian glands in %) are used to assess this outcome measure.
Time frame: up to 2 months
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