Therapeutic contact lenses and the advantages of high Dk materials

dc.creatorCoral-Ghanem, C
dc.creatorGhanem, VC
dc.creatorGhanem, RC
dc.date2008
dc.dateNOV-DEC
dc.date2014-07-30T14:06:04Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:32:18Z
dc.date2014-07-30T14:06:04Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:32:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:13:41Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:13:41Z
dc.identifierArquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia. Consel Brasil Oftalmologia, v. 71, n. 6, n. 19, n. 22, 2008.
dc.identifier0004-2749
dc.identifierWOS:000208670600005
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/57961
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/57961
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1270471
dc.descriptionTherapeutic 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.
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dc.descriptionS
dc.description19
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dc.languagept
dc.publisherConsel Brasil Oftalmologia
dc.publisherSao Paulo
dc.publisherBrasil
dc.relationArquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia
dc.relationArq. Bras. Oftalmol.
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectContact lenses
dc.subjecthydrophilic
dc.subjectHydrogels
dc.subjectSilicones
dc.subjectEpithelium
dc.subjectcorneal/physiology
dc.subjectWound healing/physiology
dc.subjectKeratitis
dc.subjectPhotorefractive keratectomy
dc.subjectVisual acuity
dc.titleTherapeutic contact lenses and the advantages of high Dk materials
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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