Blepharitis surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgical intervention is not the first-line treatment option for patients with blepharitis. [1]
Surgery
Surgical intervention is usually reserved for the patients with complications of the blepharitis, such as chalasis, entropion, ectropion, or horizontal eyelid laxity. Surgical options in the treatment of MGD are generally limited to treatment of the complications of the disease, rather than the primary disease. MGD can be associated with pathologic conditions, such as conjunctivochalasis, entropion, ectropion, or horizontal eyelid laxity, which may be treated surgically, and treatment of these conditions can improve control of MGD.
Intraductal Meibomian Gland Probing
Invasive orifice penetration and intraductal probing seems to provide lasting rapid symptom relief for patients with posterior blepharitis with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).[2]
References
- ↑ Geerling G, Tauber J, Baudouin C, Goto E, Matsumoto Y, O'Brien T; et al. (2011). "The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the subcommittee on management and treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction". Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 52 (4): 2050–64. doi:10.1167/iovs.10-6997g. PMC 3072163. PMID 21450919.
- ↑ Maskin SL (2010). "Intraductal meibomian gland probing relieves symptoms of obstructive meibomian gland dysfunction". Cornea. 29 (10): 1145–52. doi:10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d836f3. PMID 20622668.