Comparative study of two silicone hydrogel contact lenses used as bandage contact lenses after LASEK

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 884-888

  Gil Cazorla, Raquel ^a,b   Teus, Miguel A ^a,c   Hernández Verdejo, Jose L ^a,b   De Benito Llopis, Laura ^a   García González, Monsterrat ^a  

^a VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epithelium healing; LASEK; Oxygen permeability; Silicone hydrogel contact lenses; Therapeutic bandage contact lenses

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIUM HEALING; LASEK; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES; THERAPEUTIC BANDAGE CONTACT LENSES;

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT LENSES; DEBRIS; HYDROGELS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; SILICONES; VISION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

SILICONE; OXYGEN; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; METABOLISM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BANDAGES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; OXYGEN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SILICONES; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 58149130144     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31818527fd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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