Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 30, 2026
Intense Pulsed Light for the Treatment of Dry Eye Owing to Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
Published on: April 1, 2019
[Effectiveness of Meibomian Gland Tube Massage in Treating Meibomian Gland Dysfunction]
Guo-ling Chen1, Xin Kao1, Han Zhang1
1Department of Ophthalmology,the Second Hospital of Shandong University,Ophthalmic Center of Shandong University,Jinan 250033,China.
Objective:
To observe the clinical effectiveness of meibomian gland tube massage in treating meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
Methods:
All patients were divided into medicine group (tropically administered with corticosteroid eye ointment and artificial tears)and massage group (meibomian gland tube massage in addition to these drugs) using random numbers. At different period(before treatment and after treatment 2,4 weeks), the slip-lamp microscopy and intraocular pressure measurement were performed. Ocular symptoms were evaluated by questionnaire of ocular surface disease index (OSDI), and corneal fluorescein staining scores (CFS) was used for checking the epithelial integrity,tear film breakup time (TBUT), and tear secretion (Schirmer I test,SIt).
Results:
Before the treatment, the OSDI score,TBUT, CFS, and SIt showed no statistical significance between these two groups (all P>0.05). After the treatment, the symptoms, damage of corneal epithelium, quality of tear film,tear secretion were significantly improved in both groups(P<0.05), and were significantly superior in the massage group than in the medicine group (all P<0.01; but CFS t4w=6.60,P>0.05).
Conclusion:
The meibomian gland tube massage in combination with drug therapy can improve the treatment effectives for MGD.
