Therapeutic use of a lotrafilcon A silicone hydrogel soft contact lens as a bandage after LASEK surgery

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Szaflik, Jacek P ^a,b   Ambroziak, Anna M ^b   Szaflik, Jerzy ^b  

^a LASER Microsurgery Eye Center   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bandage contact lenses; Corneal refractive surgery; LASEK; Lotrafilcon A; Silicone hydrogel contact lenses; Therapeutic contact lenses

Indexed keywords

LOTRAFILCON A; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEVICE REMOVAL; EVALUATION; EYE; EYE PAIN; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SYMPTOM; CORNEA; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; KERATOMILEUSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REFRACTION ERROR; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SILICONES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842485947     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000107181.42704.D8     Document Type: Article

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