The Effect of Intense Pulsed Light Treatment for Chronic Hordeolum / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the effect of intense pulsed light (IPL) in the treatment of chronic hordeolum.@*METHODS@#Patients with chronic hordeolum who underwent IPL treatment were enrolled in this study. According to the severity of hordeolum, the patients were treated with IPL 3 to 5 times. Patients' satisfaction and visual analog scale scores for ocular discomfort symptoms before and after treatment were collected. The number, congestion, long diameter, short diameter and area of nodules were also recorded and measured. Finally, eyelid margin signs, meibum quality, meibomian gland expressibility, meibomian gland dropout, tear meniscus height, and corneal fluorescein staining were scored.@*RESULTS@#20 patients were enrolled in this study. The eyelid margins were congestive and swollen, with blunt rounding or irregularity. The meibum was cloudy or toothpaste-like. The meibomian gland expressibility, meibomian gland dropout and tear meniscus height were reduced. The cornea showed scattered fluorescein staining. After treatment, score of visual analog scale, congestion and size of nodules were significantly reduced. Eyelid margin signs, meibum quality, meibomian gland expressibility, tear meniscus height and corneal fluorescein staining scores were improved. Meibomian gland dropout had no significant change. No side effects occurred during treatment.@*CONCLUSIONS@#IPL is beneficial for the treatment of chronic hordeolum.

A Case of Descemet's Membrane Detachment during Lidocaine Injection for Hordeolum Incision and Drainage

PURPOSE: To report a case of Descemet's membrane detachment and corneal edema caused by an iatrogenic corneal perforation created while performing a local anesthetic (lidocaine) injection into the eyelid for a hordeolum incision and a drainage procedure. The detachment resolved after 14% C₃F₈ gas and air injections into the anterior chamber. CASE SUMMARY: An 8-year-old female visited our clinic after the onset of severe pain and decreased visual acuity while receiving a local anesthetic injection into the upper eyelid in preparation for a hordeolum incision and drainage procedure. Corneal optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed Descemet's membrane detachment. Three days after the first visit, the corneal epithelium had entirely healed. However, Descemet's membrane detachment persisted even after three weeks of follow-up. A corneal OCT was repeated after three weeks and showed a partial Descemet's membrane rupture. A more aggressive treatment method was deemed necessary, and gas and air injections into the anterior chamber were performed. After 48 hours, aside from some Descemet's membrane rolling at the site of rupture, overall reattachment of Descemet's membrane was noted. After three months of follow-up, the patient showed a stable corneal state and normalized vision. CONCLUSIONS: Descemet's membrane detachment and rupture resulting from an iatrogenic corneal perforation during an injection of lidocaine to the eyelid led to decreased visual acuity from corneal edema. As a more aggressive treatment method, 14 % C₃F₈ gas and air injections into the anterior chamber were performed and resulted in near complete reattachment of Descemet's membrane's and normalization of the patient's visual acuity.

Therapeutic Observation of Bloodletting Cupping at Dazhui (GV14) plus Scraping for Hordeolum / 上海针灸杂志

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of bloodletting cupping at Dazhui (GV14) plus scraping in treating hordeolum. Method Forty-four patients with hordeolum were randomized into a control group and a treatment group, 22 cases in each group. The control group was intervened by bloodletting cupping at Dazhui, while the treatment group was by bloodletting cupping at Dazhui plus scraping. The size of the infection on eyelid was observed before and after treatment, and the recovery rate was calculated. Result The total effective rate was 81.8% in the control group versus 95.5% in the treatment group, and the total effective rate in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05); the sizes of the eyelid infection were significantly reduced in both groups after treatment (P<0.05), and the reduction in the treatment group was more significant than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Bloodletting cupping at Dazhui plus scraping can effectively improve the symptoms, reduce infection size, and enhance the clinical efficacy in treating hordeolum.

Calázio e características demográficas dos portadores em uma amostra populacional / Chalazion and demographic characteristics of patients in a population sample

Objetivo: Apresentar a frequência de ocorrência do calázio em uma amostra populacional, assim como as características de seus portadores. Métodos: Estudo transversal utilizando amostra populacional aleatorizada, realizado nos anos 2004/2005, na região centro-oeste do estado de São Paulo. Os participantes foram avaliados segundo variáveis demográficas e exame oftalmológico. Resultados: A frequência de ocorrência do calázio foi de 1,56%, sendo mais frequente em mulheres, portadores de astigmatismo ou hipermetropia de pequenos graus, com grande variação de idade de acometimento. Foi necessária prescrição de correção óptica e cirurgia em número expressivo de casos. Conclusão: O calázio tem baixa frequência de ocorrência na população geral. Ocorre predominantemente em mulheres e há associação importante com ametropia.

Purpose: To show the frequency of occurrence of chalazion in a population sample, as well as the characteristics of patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study using randomized population sample was carried out during 2004/2005, in the Midwest region of the state of São Paulo. Participants were evaluated according to demographic variables and ocular examination. Results: The frequency of occurrence of chalazion was 1.56‰, more common in women, people with astigmatism or low hyperopia, with wide variation in age of onset. It was necessary to prescribe optical correction and surgery in a significant number of cases. Conclusion: The chalazion has low frequency of occurrence in the general population. It occurs predominantly in women and there is a significant association with refractive error.

Clinical Observation of 26 Cases of Recurrent Hordeolum Treated By Wind-dispelling Heat-clearing and Qi-regulating Spleen-strengthening Herbs and Fomentation / 浙江中医药大学学报

[Objective] Observing the treatment effect of recurrent hordeolum with wind-dispel ing heat-clearing and qi-regulating spleen-strengthening herbs.[Methods] 26 cases of use of wind-dispel ing heat-clearing and qi-regulating spleen-strengthening herbs combined with heat treatment of recurrent hordeolum compared with 26 patients initial y treated with hot water bottle only, to compare the clinical efficacy and recurrence situation of two groups. [Results] 2 groups treated for 4 courses, the total effective rate of the treatment group was significantly high, the recurrence rate was significantly lower than the control group, the difference was statistical y significant, P<0.05. [Conclusion] The treatment effect of recurrent hordeolum with wind-dispel ing heat-clearing and qi-regulating spleen-strengthening herbs is good, the recurrence rate is low, it is safe and feasible.

Inadvertent Ocular Perforation during Lid Anesthesia for Hordeolum Removal

PURPOSE: Ocular perforation during lid anesthesia is rarely reported. We describe here a case of inadvertent corneal perforation and traumatic cataract that occurred during lid anesthesia in a procedure for hordeolum removal. METHODS: A 33-year-old woman presented with a sudden visual loss of her left eye. She had undergone hordeolum removal the day before at a local clinic. On ophthalmologic examination, the cornea was perforated and the lens cortex was extruded into the anterior chamber. After cataract removal and IOL implantation, antibiotics were injected into the vitreous. RESULTS: Her final visual acuity of the left eye was 20/20. Postoperative specular microscopic examination revealed a normal-range endothelial cell count, coefficient of variation, and hexagonality despite the intracameral lidocaine injection. CONCLUSIONS: Anesthetic injection of an infected lid should be done with great caution. Although there are possibilities of corneal endothelial toxicity and endophthalmitis in case of intracameral lidocaine injection through the infected lid, yet proper management may save the patient's vision without complications.

Treatment of Stye by Auricular Point Blood-letting Therapy: A Report of 85 Cases / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

Eighty-five cases of stye were treated by pricking and extruding some blood in auricular points Eye 1 and Eye 2. After 5 treatments, 63 cases were cured, 17 cases obtained improvement, 5 cases obtained no effects, and the total effective rate is 94.1%.