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In vitro experiments showed that the SMTube value and the amount of water absorption were significantly correlated (R2 = 0.816, p = 0.0008), but the measured value peaked when 4 \u03bcL was absorbed. In the clinical study, 12 eyes of 9 LPO patients and 17 eyes of 17 healthy control subjects were included. The patients\u2019 SMTube values were significantly higher than those of the control subjects (p &lt; 0.05). The SMTube value significantly decreased after silicon tube intubation (p &lt; 0.05). Tear meniscus height (TMH) and area (TMA), measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography, exhibited a significant positive correlation with the SMTube value (TMH, p &lt; 0.001, R2 = 0.396; TMA, p &lt; 0.001, R2 = 0.366). Moreover, the SMTube value significantly correlated positively with the subjective symptom of epiphora (p = 0.012, R2 = 0.255). 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