TY - JOUR
T1 - Improved functional visual acuity after punctal occlusion in dry eye patients
AU - Goto, Eiki
AU - Yagi, Yukiko
AU - Kaido, Minako
AU - Matsumoto, Yukihiro
AU - Konomi, Kenji
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by grants from the Medical School Faculty and Alumni Grants of Keio University Medical School, Tokyo, and the Hightech Research Center at Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/5/1
Y1 - 2003/5/1
N2 - PURPOSE: To report an increased functional visual acuity, which was recently reported as a simulation of visual function of daily acts of gazing, in dry eye patients after punctal occlusion. DESIGN: Prospective comparative interventional study. METHODS: We measured ordinary best-corrected visual acuity and functional visual acuity in eight eyes of eight dry eye patients after punctal occlusion, and compared the results with those of 22 eyes of 22 dry eye patients without punctal occlusion. RESULTS: Functional visual acuity in dry eye patients after punctal occlusion was 0.962 in decimal notation, which was significantly higher than that of patients without punctal occlusion, 0.283 (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that punctal occlusion can improve the impaired functional visual acuity of dry eye patients.
AB - PURPOSE: To report an increased functional visual acuity, which was recently reported as a simulation of visual function of daily acts of gazing, in dry eye patients after punctal occlusion. DESIGN: Prospective comparative interventional study. METHODS: We measured ordinary best-corrected visual acuity and functional visual acuity in eight eyes of eight dry eye patients after punctal occlusion, and compared the results with those of 22 eyes of 22 dry eye patients without punctal occlusion. RESULTS: Functional visual acuity in dry eye patients after punctal occlusion was 0.962 in decimal notation, which was significantly higher than that of patients without punctal occlusion, 0.283 (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that punctal occlusion can improve the impaired functional visual acuity of dry eye patients.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02147-5
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02147-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 12719079
AN - SCOPUS:0037404170
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 135
SP - 704
EP - 705
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -