The Ocular Surface

TFOS dews II Report Executive SummaryJennifer P. Craiga,1, J. Daniel Nelsonb,c,1, Dimitri T. Azard, Carlos Belmontee,f,Anthony J. Brong,h, Sunil K. Chauhani, Cintia S. de Paivaj, Jos e Gomesk,Katherine M. Hammittl, Lyndon Jonesm, Jason J. Nicholsn, Kelly K. Nicholsn,Gary D. Novacko,p, Fiona J. Stapletonq, Mark Willcoxq, James S. Wolffsohnr,David A. Sullivani,*aDepartment of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandbDepartment of Ophthalmology, HealthPartners Medical Group and Clinics, St Paul, MN, USAcDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USAdUniversity of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USAeInstituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, University Miguel Hernandez-CSIC, SpainfInstituto Fernandez-Vega, Oviedo University, SpaingNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKhVision and Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin Univers

The goals of the TFOS DEWS II Definition and Classification Subcommittee were to create an evidence-based definition and a contemporary classification system for DED. The new definition is as follows: “Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface char-acterized by a loss of homeostasis of the tear film, and accom-

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