A comparison of Synergeyes versus traditional rigid gas permeable lens designs for patients with irregular corneas

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 198-200

  Nau, Amy Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid contact lenses; Irregular astigmatism; Keratoconus; Synergeyes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS PERMEABILITY; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYBRID CONTACT LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; KERATOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149139415     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31815c859b     Document Type: Article

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