Premium
Clinical Difficulties Associated with the Use of Hydrophilic Contact Lenses for Therapeutic use
Author(s) -
Benson Colin
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1973.tb01412.x
Subject(s) - contact lens , medicine , lens (geology) , ophthalmology , therapeutic effect , dermatology , surgery , optics , physics
S ummary E leven cases have been fitted with hydrophilic lenses for therapeutic use. Ten of these were for bullous keratopathy, for which six were fitted with hydron lenses and four with bionite. One case of herpes meta herpetica has been fitted with a hydron lens.