Titre
Trachoma: can trichiasis be treated with a sticking-plaster? A randomized clinical trial in China.
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Tropical Medicine and International Health
Auteur(s)
Graz, B.
Auteure/Auteur
Xu, J.M.
Auteure/Auteur
Yao, Z.S.
Auteure/Auteur
Han, S.R.
Auteure/Auteur
Kok, A.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
1360-2276[print], 1360-2276[linking]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1999
Volume
4
Numéro
3
Première page
222
Dernière page/numéro d’article
228
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Clinical Trial ; Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Trachoma is the most frequent cause of preventable blindness in the world. At the trichiasis/entropion stage, lid surgery is recommended, but many patients only use epilation, which does not prevent loss of vision. We developed a new treatment that should be more accessible than lid surgery and more effective than epilation: a sticking plaster that forces eyelashes back to their correct position. The first randomized controlled trial was conducted in Shanghai with 57 patients to compare the plaster method with epilation. After 3 months of follow-up, with no attrition, 67% of those treated by the new method presented a good clinical status, vs none of those treated by epilation (P < 0.001). The new treatment was well tolerated and lid function remained normal. Although our results show overwhelming benefit of this new, simple treatment for trachoma at the trichiasis stage, more research is needed at the primary health care level and in other settings to determine the potential use of the new method on a large scale and by nonspecialists.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_11290
PMID
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2007-11-19T11:01:38.685Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T17:37:10Z