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Silicone punctum plugs improve ocular surface in dry eye

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Fort Lauderdale, FL-Blocking the canaliculus with silicone punctal plugs has been shown to improve the stability of the tear film, decrease the ocular surface staining scores and squamous metaplasia grades, and increase the goblet cell density, according to Dilek Dursun, MD.

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