Therapeutic Use of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses in Children

Abstract

Focus NIGHT & DAY silicone hydrogel contact lenses were found to be safe and efficacious for continuous-wear therapeutic use for children.

Effect of contact lenses on ocular biometric measurements based on swept-source optical coherence tomography

“…The elucidation of how the contact lens affects the OCT measurements may help with the use of specially designed therapeutic bandage contact lenses to facilitate epithelial healing in the treatment of several ocular pathologies and postsurgical care. The use of soft contact lenses can accelerate the process of corneal re-epithelialization and alleviate patient discomfort and the need for some surgeries (13)(14)(15)(16) . The timing of lens removal is determined by assessment of complete epithetical healing and, thus, lenses should not be worn for longer than necessary due to the potential for secondary infection, but are recommended and should be maintained despite additional measurements, such as ocular biometry.…”

Uptake and Release of Ciprofloxacin-HCl From Conventional and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Materials

“…The introduction of highly oxygen permeable soft contact lenses (also known as "silicone hydrogels," "siloxane hydrogels," or "high Dk soft lenses") 5,6 has revolutionized the way in which clinicians can use contact lenses as drug delivery devices, because these lenses transmit substantially more oxygen that conventional, older materials. [7][8][9] These new silicone hydrogel (SH) lenses would thus be ideal candidates for use as extended wear, drug delivery devices. However, the kinetics of delivery of drugs using contact lenses is still only poorly understood, and few publications have addressed this issue with modern lens materials.…”

Monitor Corneal Epithelial Healing Under Bandage Contact Lens Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography After Pterygium Surgery

“…The prevalence for pterygium varies from 7% to 33% in different regions according to different reports. Specially designed therapeutic bandage contact lenses (BCLs) have been introduced to facilitate epithelial healing in the treatment of several ocular pathologies [5][6][7] and postsurgical care. The main method of treating pterygium is by surgical excision.…”