Fluid-ventilated, gas-permeable scleral contact lens is an effective option for managing severe ocular surface disease and many corneal disorders that would otherwise require penetrating keratoplasty

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-134

  Rosenthal, Perry ^a,b,c   Croteau, Amy ^a  

^a Boston Foundation for Sight   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal disease; Corneal liquid bandage; Dry eye; Graft versus host disease; Keratoplasty; Scleral lens; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLERA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TEARS;

EID: 21244489925     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000152492.98553.8D     Document Type: Review

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