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Prospective, consecutive case series with 100% followup to one month.<jats:italic>Participants<\/jats:italic>. 27 patients (54 eyes) with PB from an Ophthalmology practice in Sydney, Australia.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. Each patient\u2019s PB was assessed by grading the nature and expressibility of the central lower lid tarsal gland secretions on Compression Of The Eyelid (COTE). Patients were then instructed in detail to undertake daily PB management sessions at home using our modified PBMP.<jats:italic>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:italic>. On a subjective scale, patients compared their symptoms at one month with baseline. COTE scores were reevaluated to assess the objective effectiveness of each individual\u2019s PBMP. COTE scoring was described as grades 1 (clear oil), 2 (pus, liquid), 3 (toothpaste-like secretions), and 4 (complete tarsal gland obstruction).<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Patients reported a mean 77.8% \u00b1 13.5% subjective improvement in symptoms. There was a trend towards improvement in COTE grading at one month compared with baseline: grades 1 (0 to 7.4%), 2a (22.2 to 16.6%), 2b (7.4 to 3.7%), 3 (18.5 to 27.7%), and 4 (51.8 to 44%).<jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. PBMP provided a rapid, inexpensive, simple, effective, and safe method of treating PB.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/617019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,12]],"date-time":"2015-08-12T17:04:59Z","timestamp":1439399099000},"page":"1-7","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Utilisation of a Novel Test to Measure Severity and Treatment Efficacy of Posterior Blepharitis"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2015","author":[{"given":"Steven T. 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