Extended wear contact lenses

Donshik, Peter C.

doi:10.1016/s0896-1549(02)00062-7

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“…In the past, contact lenses have been often associated with the development of dry eye symptoms, 63 but advances in material and design have improved oxygen diffusion capacities and comfort to allow for extended wear. 64 These improved parameters have also opened the possibility of using contacts as therapeutic bandages. Several brands of high Dk silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses (SCL) have been approved by the FDA for use as a therapeutic contact lens (TCL).…”

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Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Manifestations in Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease: Pathogenesis, Presentation, Prevention, and Treatment

Townley

Dana

Jacobs³

2011

Seminars in Ophthalmology

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Section: Local Treatmentmentioning

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Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Manifestations in Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease: Pathogenesis, Presentation, Prevention, and Treatment

Townley

Dana

Jacobs³

2011

Seminars in Ophthalmology

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“…14 Recently, with advances in contact lens design, silicone hydrogel material with higher oxygen diffusion capacities has emerged, allowing for longer uninterrupted wear, providing a new therapeutic adjunct in the treatment of dry eye disease. 15 It is possible that silicone hydrogel contact lenses may help to stabilize the tear film, allow for corneal healing, and restore normal cell turnover, all of which are critical to the treatment of dry eye disease. 16 A number of studies have used silicone hydrogel contact lenses for Fuchs dystrophy, toxic epitheliopathy, filamentous keratitis, corneal perforation, corneal stromal melting, recurrent corneal erosion, chemical or traumatic corneal epithelial defects, epithelial irregularity, persistent epithelial defects, lamellar laceration, graft insufficiency, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, and dry eye secondary to graft-versus-host disease.…”

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Comparative Evaluation of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses and Autologous Serum for Management of Sjögren Syndrome-Associated Dry Eye

Zhang

Zheng

et al. 2015

Cornea

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“…There are still reports of complications with the regular use of contact lenses [3][4][5], which range from mild to severe and occur with all lens modalities. The most common complications include giant papillary conjunctivitis, corneal abrasion, edema or ulcer, microbial keratitis, neovascularization, and peripheral infiltrates [2,5].…”

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Contact lens usage characteristics among young individuals and their perception regarding future refractive surgery

Kanonidou

Chatziralli

Praidou

et al. 2010

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol

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Dear Editor, The use of contact lenses for visual, therapeutic, and cosmetic reasons has increased over the last few years and is highest among the young adults [1,2]. There are still reports of complications with the regular use of contact lenses [3][4][5], which range from mild to severe and occur with all lens modalities. The most common complications include giant papillary conjunctivitis, corneal abrasion, edema or ulcer, microbial keratitis, neovascularization, and peripheral infiltrates [2,5]. In addition, allergic conjunctivitis and dry eye may cause discomfort and contact lens drop-out.Our study aims to assess the contact lens usage characteristics in young adults and their perception regarding future refractive surgery. The study was undertaken among students attending the Organization of Professional Training, Vocational Training Institute (IEK) Thermis, Thessaloniki, Greece, by using a simple questionnaire. Participants in the study were 173 students (aged 19-24 years old) and all were contact lens wearers. This investigation was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the local ethics committee. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.Ninety percent of the participants ordered their contact lenses following an examination by an ophthalmologist while 10% bought them following their optometrist's advice. In the study, 55% purchased their contact lenses from their eye doctor and 35% from an optometrist while 10% ordered them using an online alternative; 75% used corrective contact lenses and 13% used cosmetic ones while the rest used both; 65% used monthly contact lenses, 25% used yearly, and 10% used daily ones. All were using an appropriate antimicrobial/antibacterial solution and mentioned that they used the contact lens pair above the recommended wearing period of time; 95% reported that their quality of vision was better compared to wearing spectacles. All noted that they faced problems with wearing contact lenses sometime in the past (i.e., red eye, foreign body feeling, dacryorrhea, blurry vision) and had considered the option of refractive surgery. The main obstacles were the cost (78%), the fear of surgery-related complications (7%), the ease of access to an organized refractive surgery center (3%), and the trust in their eye-doctor's capabilities (2%), while the rest mentioned no inhibiting factors.Most contact lens wearers prefer their use for cosmetic reasons, convenience, and comfort [1,6] in agreement with our study. Knowledge about use patterns of contact lenses would prove useful to eye specialists. Roberts et al. found that awareness of the complications associated with the use of contact lenses was quite low among younger users [7]. Our study suggests that the contact lenses wearers' knowledge regarding the complications related to future refractive surgery was also significantly low. It was interesting to observe that the cost of the refractive operation was the major factor preventing them from undertaking it, compared to the fear of surgery...

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Extended wear contact lenses

Cited by 21 publications

References 25 publications

Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Manifestations in Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease: Pathogenesis, Presentation, Prevention, and Treatment

Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Manifestations in Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease: Pathogenesis, Presentation, Prevention, and Treatment

Comparative Evaluation of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses and Autologous Serum for Management of Sjögren Syndrome-Associated Dry Eye

Contact lens usage characteristics among young individuals and their perception regarding future refractive surgery

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