The purpose of this study was to present a new procedure to treat symptomatic conjunctivochalasis (CCh) and to evaluate its efficacy. Forty-two patients with symptomatic CCh refractory to medical management were included on this study. Twenty-two patients (n = 32, eyes; n = 14 women and n = 8 men) underwent the new electrocoagulation procedure (group I). Twenty patients (n = 27 eyes; n = 11 women and n = 9 men) underwent crescent-shaped conjunctiva resection (group II). Ocular surface disease index (OSDI) was used to evaluate ocular symptoms. There was a significant difference in mean and SD operation time between group I (8.67 ± 2.07 minutes) and group II (20.45 ± 3.98 minutes; P < 0.0001). OSDI scores (mean ± SD) were significantly lower in group I (28.38 ± 3.14) than group II (31.62 ± 3.17) at postoperative week 2 (P = 0.0004). No differences in OSDI scores were found between the 2 groups at postoperative week 4 (P = 0.1749) or 8 (P = 0.1483). OSDI scores were significantly lower at postoperative week 8 than at baseline in both group I (P = 0.0002) and group II (P = 0.0011). Electrocoagulation of the conjunctiva can successfully treat symptomatic CCh with earlier symptomatic attenuation and less operation time than traditional conjunctiva resection.
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 December 2015.
All research outputs
#17,592,273
of 27,383,327 outputs
Outputs from International surgery
#312
of 544 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#175,423
of 258,222 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International surgery
#8
of 13 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 27,383,327 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 33rd percentile – i.e., 33% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 544 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 2.7. This one is in the 40th percentile – i.e., 40% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 258,222 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 30th percentile – i.e., 30% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 13 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 38th percentile – i.e., 38% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
