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Therapeutic Contact Lenses And The Advantages Of High Dk Materials [lentes De Contato Terapêuticas E As Vantagens Dos Materiais De Alto Dk]
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Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia. , v. 71, n. 6 SUPP, p. 19 - 22, 2009.
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Autor
Coral-Ghanem C.
Ghanem V.C.
Ghanem R.C.
Institución
Resumen
Therapeutic contact lenses are useful in a variety of ocular surface diseases. Their main indications are: to relieve the pain; protect ocular surface; promote corneal healing and epithelial regeneration; seal a leaking corneal wound and deliver ophthalmic drugs on the ocular surface. There are several kinds of lens designs and materials, and their choice is dependent on the specific disease to be treated, the duration of treatment and the physiologic needs of the diseased cornea. Bullous keratopathy, recurrent epithelial erosion syndrome, dry eye and postoperative epithelial defects are amongst their indications. Therapeutic contact lenses should not be indicated in the presence of active infectious keratitis or when the patient is not compliant. Corneal neovascularization, giant papillary conjunctivitis and infectious keratitis are serious complications, which can be prevented by correctly fitting and maintaining the therapeutic contact lenses. Silicon-hydrogel therapeutic contact lenses, due to their higher oxygen permeability, allow extended wear schedules, decreasing the need for frequent lens replacement. 71 6 SUPP 19 22 Russo, P.A., Bouchard, C.S., Galasso, J.M., Extended-wear silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses in the management of moderate to severe dry eye signs and symptoms secondary to graft-versus-host disease (2007) Eye Contact Lens, 33 (3), pp. 144-147 Schafer, J., Mitchell, G.L., Chalmers, R.L., Long, B., Dillehay, S., Barr, J., The stability of dryness symptoms after refitting with silicone hydrogel contact lenses over 3 years (2007) Eye Contact Lens, 33 (5), pp. 247-252 Schrader, S., Wedel, T., Moll, R., Geerling, G., Combination of serum eye drops with hydrogel bandage contact lenses in the treatment of persistent epithelial defects (2006) Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 244 (10), pp. 1345-1349 Allen, R.J., Dev Borman, A., Saleh, G.M., Applanation tonometry in silicone hydrogel contact lens wearers (2007) Cont Lens Anterior Eye, 30 (5), pp. 267-269 Foulks, G.N., Harvey, T., Raj, C.V., Therapeutic contact lenses: the role of high-Dk lenses (2003) Ophthalmol Clin North Am, 16 (3), pp. 455-461 Stapleton, F., Stretton, S., Papas, E., Skotnitsky, C., Sweeney, D.F., Silicone hydrogel contact lenses and the ocular surface (2006) Ocul Surf, 4 (1), pp. 24-43 Gürdal, C., Takmaz, T., Sargon, M.F., Anayol, A., Ylmaz, E., Can, I., Electron microscopic evaluation of the effect of therapeutic silicone hydrogel lenses on the limbal area (2006) Eye Contact Lens, 32 (3), pp. 133-137 Kanpolat, A., Uçakhan, O.O., Therapeutic use of Focus Night & Day contact lenses (2003) Cornea, 22 (8), pp. 726-734 Schornack, M.M., Faia, L.J., Griepentrog, G.J., Pseudomonas keratitis associated with daily wear of silicone hydrogel contact lenses (2008) Eye Contact Lens, 34 (2), pp. 124-128 Montero, J., Sparholt, J., Mély, R., Long, B., Retrospective case series of therapeutic applications of lotrafilcon a silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses (2003) Eye Contact Lens, 29 (2), pp. 72-75 Ambroziak, A.M., Szaflik, J.P., Szaflik, J., Therapeutic use of a silicone hydrogel contact lens in selected clinical cases (2004) Eye Contact Lens, 30 (1), pp. 63-67 Gil-Cazorla, R., Teus, M.A., Arranz-Márquez, E., Comparison of silicone and non-silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses used as a bandage after LASEK (2008) J Refract Surg, 24 (2), pp. 199-203