Conjunctival cytology in floppy eyelid syndrome: objective assessment of the outcome of surgery

Abstract

Conjunctival cytology provides an objective method for the evaluation of the efficacy of surgical techniques proposed for the treatment of eyelid laxity syndromes.

Comparison of Pain Scores Among Patients Undergoing Conventional and Novel Panretinal Photocoagulation for Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review

“…35,36,43,44 Pain with PRP has been described with terms such as "ache", "pinprick-like" and "sharp" among others; other side effects such as photophobia, anxiety, and nausea were also reported. 45 Pain responses are thought to be influenced by different factors such as culture, individual pain threshold, degree of fundus pigmentation, sex, duration of diabetes, experience of prior laser therapy, retinal location of laser administration, and wavelength used. 11,21,36,43,44,46 There is conflicting evidence on the role of sex in pain scores; initial studies have claimed that females report higher pain scores after PRP, but the observation was not consistent across different studies.…”

“…Shorter pulses lead to shorter time for thermal and inflammatory changes to take place thereby diminishing choroidal and retinal damage. 14,20,35,44,45 The 20 to 30-millisecond pulse duration used in MSL balances adequate administration of therapeutic laser and reduction of collateral damage. 7,14,41,47 Muqit et al attributed the lower pain scores in conventional MSL to the pattern application, which may have resulted to pain habituation (i.e.…”

“…In addition, treatment time is significantly reduced, which may also improve compliance. 8,11,45 Nagpal et al 7 reported reduced total time of 1.43 minutes using conventional MSL compared to 4.53 minutes using conventional SSL.…”

Floppy eyelid, an under-diagnosed syndrome: a review of demographics, pathogenesis, and treatment

“…Medel et al 39 realized that there was a direct relationship between the frequency of symptoms (foreign body sensation, tearing, irritation, photophobia) and the tarsal papillary reaction. Patients with no papillary reaction or papillae smaller than 0.3 mm were asymptomatic or presented few symptoms.…”