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Clinical Trial Report

A single vectored thermal pulsation treatment for meibomian gland dysfunction increases mean comfortable contact lens wearing time by approximately 4 hours per day

Caroline A Blackie1 TearScience Inc., Morrisville, NCCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Christy A Coleman1 TearScience Inc., Morrisville, NC
,
Kelly K Nichols2 School of Optometry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AB, USA
,
Lyndon Jones3 School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
,
Peter Q Chen4 Clayton Eye Center, Morrow, GA
,
Ron Melton5 Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates, Charlotte, NC
,
David L Kading6 Specialty Eyecare Group, Kirkland, WA
,
Leslie E O’Dell7 May Eye Care Center and Associates, Hanover, PA, USA
&
Sruthi Srinivasan3 School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Pages 169-183 | Published online: 17 Jan 2018

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Damon S Dierker & Scott G Hauswirth. (2022) Thermal Pulsation with or without Dexamethasone Intracanalicular Insert for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: A Prospective, Masked Trial. Clinical Ophthalmology 16, pages 1477-1485.
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Arjan S Hura, Alice T Epitropoulos, Craig N Czyz & Eric D Rosenberg. (2020) Visible Meibomian Gland Structure Increases After Vectored Thermal Pulsation Treatment in Dry Eye Disease Patients with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Clinical Ophthalmology 14, pages 4287-4296.
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