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Corneal ectatic disorders, such as keratoconus, progressively weaken corneal integrity, leading to thinning, irregular astigmatism and visual deterioration.1 Typically progressive in nature, these ectasias result in increasingly thinner corneas, causing the cornea to protrude forward into a cone shape. This leads to increasing amounts of myopia and astigmatism – both regular and irregular – as the disease […]

 Stephen Pflugfelder, SOE 2019 – Defining dry eye disease

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Published Online: Jun 13th 2019

Stephen Pflugfelder discusses the important topic of definitions in dry eye disease, and why it’s important for ophthalmologists to have a clear definition of the disease.

1. How is dry eye disease currently defined? (0:04)
2. Why do we need a new definition for dry eye disease? (0:49)
3. What are the most exciting emerging tools for diagnosing dry eye disease? (1:27)
4. What are the unmet treatment needs, and how could current research help to address them? (2:09)

Filmed in partnership with European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE).

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