| Title | Extended-wear contact lenses and intraocular lenses for aphakic correction. | | Author(s) | Stark WJ, Kracher GP, Cowan CL, Taylor HR, Hirst LW, Oyakawa RT, Maumenee AE | | Source | Am J Ophthalmol 1979 Sep; 88(3 Pt 2):535-42. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aphakia, Postcataract
Child
Child, Preschool
Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic
Female
Humans
Infant
Lenses, Intraocular
Male
Middle Aged
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Visual Acuity
| | Abstract | We evaluated extended-wear soft contact lens use in 128 aphakic eyes of 113 patients, 44 of whom had been unable to wear conventional contact lenses; 116 eyes (91%) have been successfully fitted and have worn the extended-wear lenses without significant complication. Eleven patients were unable to wear the lens or had to be discontinued for transient lens-related problems. In 103 eyes successfully fitted the lens is removed for cleaning less often than monthly. Ninety six of the 116 eyes fitted have visual acuity as good as, or better than, with aphakic correcting spectacles. The results obtained with the extended-wear soft contact lens are similar to those obtained with intraocular lenses, except for the recent high incidence of inflammation seen after intraocular lens insertion when using ethylene-oxide-sterilized lenses. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 484682 |
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