Intense pulsed light plus meibomian gland expression versus intense pulsed light alone for meibomian gland dysfunction: A randomized crossover study.

Kyoung Yoon ShinDong Hui LimChan Hee MoonByung Jin KimTae-Young Chung

Published in: PloS one (2021)

IPL therapy effectively improves the subjective symptoms and objective ocular findings of MGD. MGX enhanced the improvement of BUT driven by IPL therapy. The meibomian gland function (MGE and MQ) recovers faster in response to IPL therapy than did the other parameters.

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poor prognosis
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