Contact lens in keratoconus

Contact lenses are required for the visual improvement in patients with keratoconus. Various contact lens options, such as rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses, soft and soft toric lenses, piggy back contact lenses (PBCL), hybrid lenses and scleral lenses are availble. This article discusses about selec...

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Published in:Indian journal of ophthalmology 2013-08, Vol.61 (8), p.410-415
Main Authors: Rathi, Varsha, Mandathara, Preeji, Dumpati, Srikanth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Contact lens
Contact lenses
Contact Lenses - classification
Cornea
Corneal topography
crosslinking
Deregulation
Disease pathogenesis
ectasia
Ectatic disease
Epidemiology
Eyes & eyesight
gene expression
genetic heterogeneity
genetics and genomics
genome-wide association study
genomic loci
Humans
Hydrogels
imaging
Keratoconus
Keratoconus - therapy
linkage mapping
mass spectroscopy
modulus
molecular mechanisms
ocular allergy
optical coherence tomography
Patients
piggy back contact lenses
placido disc based topography
prevalence
Prosthesis Fitting
proteomics
rigid gas permeable
scheimpflug imaging
scleral lens
signaling pathways
Symposium: Keratoconus
SynergEyes
toric soft contact lens
vernal keratoconjunctivitis
Vision Disorders - rehabilitation
whole exome-genome sequencing
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Summary:Contact lenses are required for the visual improvement in patients with keratoconus. Various contact lens options, such as rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses, soft and soft toric lenses, piggy back contact lenses (PBCL), hybrid lenses and scleral lenses are availble. This article discusses about selection of a lens depending on the type of keratoconus and the fitting philosophies of various contact lenses including the starting trial lens. A Medline search was carried out for articles in the English language with the keywords keratoconus and various contact lenses such as Rose k lens, RGP lens, hybrid lens, scleral lens and PBCL.
ISSN:0301-4738
1998-3689
DOI:10.4103/0301-4738.116066