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Article: Good ocular surface required for functional visual acuity
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- Ophthalmology Times
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- May 1, 2007
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Consider punctal plugs
Patients complaining of poor vision after LASIK may have unstable tear film
Reviewed by Kazuo Tsubota, MD
Las Vegas - Patients who complain of poor visual function after LASIK may have unstable tear film, which affects the smoothness of the ocular surface and disturbs vision, explained Kazuo Tsubota, MD, during the Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
"Unstable tear film is the key to the pathogenesis of dry eye [in these patients] and can be the target for treatment ofthe symptoms and the visual disturbances," said Dr. Tsubota, professor and chairman of ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo.
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