Warm compress treatment may significantly improve tear film stability

Patients who underwent a single 5-minute warm compress therapy experienced improved ocular surface characteristics, according to a poster at the virtual Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
“Attention to the ocular surface is key to achieving optimal outcomes in refractive cataract surgery. Easy-to-use at-home treatments can play an important role in prepping the tear film prior to topography, biometry and keratometry measurements for surgical planning,” study author Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, told Healio/OSN.
Matossian evaluated 54 eyes of 27 patients who underwent a 5-minute

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