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Background: While scleral lens practise has improved over the years due to factors such as availability of lenses with better materials and designs as well as experience of practitioners, a lack of objectivity appears to remain in terms of assessment of ...
Simmy Chaudhary +3 more
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Current applications and efficacy of scleral contact lenses — a retrospective study
Purpose: To evaluate the indications and efficacy of high gas permeable scleral contact lenses (GP-SCL). Methods: A total database of 97 consecutive patients (140 eyes) fitted with GP-SCL between January 2003 and December 2008, was retrospectively ...
Boris Severinsky, Michel Millodot
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Jennifer S Harthan,1 Ellen Shorter2 1Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL, USA; 2University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Abstract: Scleral lenses are being prescribed for the management of corneal irregularity, uncomplicated refractive ...
Jennifer S Harthan, Ellen Shorter
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Pediatric Scleral Lenses: 21-Year Retrospective Review [PDF]
Karen G Carrasquillo,1 Kellen Riccobono,1,4 Jennifer Liao,2 Yueming Shi,3 Bita Asghari,1 Daniel Brocks,1 Estelle Crowley,1 Buddika Peiris3 1Department of Ophthalmology, BostonSight, Needham, MA, 02494, USA; 2Specialty and Advanced Care, New England ...
Carrasquillo KG +7 more
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Midday Fogging of Scleral Contact Lenses: Current Perspectives
Jennifer Swingle Fogt The Ohio State University College of Optometry, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence: Jennifer Swingle FogtThe Ohio State University College of Optometry, 338 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1280, USATel +1 614-292-0882Email Fogt ...
Fogt JS
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Two cases of therapeutic scleral lenses for KID syndrome [PDF]
Purpose: This case series describes the therapeutic application of customized scleral lenses via prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem (PROSE) in patients with Keratitis-Ichthyosis-Deafness (KID) syndrome.
Melynda Gagliardi, Bita Asghari
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Optical considerations for scleral contact lenses: A review
Scleral contact lenses have a range of therapeutic and optical applications. In recent years, scleral lens prescribing has increased due to significant advances in ocular imaging technology, lens manufacturing processes, and the widespread availability ...
Stephen J Vincent, Daddi Fadel
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Visual rehabilitation of a fighter pilot by utilizing a combination of contact lenses: a case report [PDF]
Background Penetrating keratoplasty is often necessary when corneal scars impact the visual axis. Post-surgical irregular astigmatism resulting from corneal deformity may necessitate the use of rigid gas permeable or scleral contact lenses to enhance ...
Nir Erdinest +7 more
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Commentary – Scleral lenses: The leading edge [PDF]
Venugopal Anitha, Meenakshi Ravindran
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Scleral lenses were the first type of contact lens, developed in the late nineteenth century to restore vision and protect the ocular surface. With the advent of rigid corneal lenses in the middle of the twentieth century and soft lenses in the 1970's ...
M. Barnett +10 more
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