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Contact Lens Visual Rehabilitation in Keratoconus and Corneal Keratoplasty
Keratoconus is the most common corneal distrophy. It’s a noninflammatory progressive thinning process that leads to conical ectasia of the cornea, causing high myopia and astigmatism.
Yelda Ozkurt+3 more
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Contact lenses are classified on the basis of the bearing zone area as Corneal, Corneo-scleral and Scleral lenses. Scleral lenses are large in diameter (18 - 23mm) and have a bearing completely on sclera.
Nidhi Gupta, Minal Kaur, Abhilek
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Are people adapted to their own glasses? [PDF]
Negative lenses, either in the form of glasses or contact lenses, can correct nearsightedness. Unlike contact lenses, glasses do not only correct, but also induce optic distortions.
Brenner, E.+3 more
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Ophthalmology 94 (1987) 1355-1359.
Department of Ophthalmology, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, GainesvilleDepartment of OphthalmologyJ. Hillis Miller Health CenterUniversity of FloridaGainesville ( host institution )+1 more
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Clinical trial of a patient-operated microwave care system for hydrogel contact lenses [PDF]
The clinical effects of a patient-operated system of microwave disinfection for soft contact lenses were assessed in a prospective pilot trial involving 103 patients who were drawn from five optometric practices.
Crabbe, A, Thompson, P
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Advances in chemistry and composition of soft materials for drug releasing contact lenses
Ocular drug delivery has always been a challenging feat to achieve in the field of medical sciences. One of the existing methods of non-invasive ocular drug delivery is the use of eye drops. However, drugs administered through these formulations have low
Subir Chatterjee+8 more
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Objective assessment of the effect of pupil size upon the power distribution of multifocal contact lenses. [PDF]
AIM: To analytically assess the effect of pupil size upon the refractive power distributions of different designs of multifocal contact lenses. METHODS: Two multifocal contact lenses of center-near design and one multifocal contact lens of center ...
Cerviño-Expósito, A+4 more
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Steroid-Eluting Contact Lenses for Corneal and Intraocular Inflammation
Ocular inflammation is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, and steroids in topical ophthalmic solutions (e.g. dexamethasone eye drops) are the mainstay of therapy for ocular inflammation. For many non-infectious ocular inflammatory diseases,
Lokendrakumar C. Bengani+10 more
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are types of bacteria known to cause bacterial keratitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes bacterial keratitis by adhering to the surface of the contact lenses, when the P.
Nur Aisyah Atikah Alizan+1 more
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Insights to Using Contact Lenses for Drug Delivery [PDF]
Phan, C.-M. (2013). Insights to Using Contact Lenses for Drug Delivery. Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, 04(01). https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-1459.1000145There has been considerable interest in the potential application of contact lenses for ocular ...
Gao, Huayi+5 more
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