Partial Lacrimal Punctual Occlusion (PLPO)

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dry Eye

Treatments: Procedure: Partial Lacrimal Punctual Occlusion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00802399

0300/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to describe a case series of patients with chronic dry eye submitted to partial punctual occlusion.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sin and symptom of dry eye
• Use more than 4 times a day topic lubricant for the eye

Exclusion criteria

• Ocular diseases other than dry eye
• Use of systemic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 1 patient group

Partial Lacrimal Punctual Occlusion

Other group

Description:

Cauterization of the edge of all lacrimal punctum was carried out in all patients

Treatment:

Procedure: Partial Lacrimal Punctual Occlusion