Patient reported dry eye symptoms challenge previous thinking

SAN DIEGO — Many conceptions about dry eye and LASIK can be challenged by data, according to a speaker.
For example, dry eye before surgery does not necessarily mean dry eye after surgery,” Julie M. Schallhorn, MD, MS, told colleagues at Refractive Subspecialty Day at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting.
“There’s a dogma that’s associated with [LASIK] – things that we learned and we believe – that when you start looking at the data don’t hold up to inspection,” she said.
Schallhorn and colleagues undertook a

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