Central and peripheral oxygen transmissibility thresholds to avoid corneal swelling during open eye soft contact lens wear

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Morgan, Philip B ^a   Brennan, Noel A ^b   Maldonado Codina, Carole ^a   Quhill, Walead ^a   Rashid, Khaled ^a   Efron, Nathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Brennan Consultants ^*  (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Corneal swelling; Hydrogel; Oxygen transmissibility; Silicone hydrogel

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CORNEAL SWELLING; CORNEAL THICKNESS; EYE CONTACT; LENS POWER; SILICONE HYDROGEL; SILICONE HYDROGELS; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ABERRATIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CURVE FITTING; HYDROGELS; OXYGEN; SILICONES; SWELLING;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CURVE FITTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LENS POWER; MALE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SILICONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74749086565     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31522     Document Type: Article

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