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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

Efficacy of fitting HydroCone (Toris K) contact lenses for the visual rehabilitation of patients with posterior microphthalmos.

Gamze Ozturk Karabulut, Ferah Ozcelik

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Gamze Ozturk KarabulutBeyoğlu Eye Research and Training Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0403-9749
Ferah OzcelikBeyoğlu Eye Research and Training Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-2950
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of soft HydroCone silicone hydrogel contact lenses in patients with posterior microphthalmos.

methodsThe charts of 13 patients with posterior microphthalmos (26 eyes) who were fitted with soft HydroCone silicone hydrogel contact lenses were reviewed retrospectively. All the patients underwent assessments of uncorrected and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity and cycloplegic refraction. They were fitted with contact lenses according to the parameter values obtained from the topographical analysis and best contact lens-corrected visual acuity measurement.

resultsThe spherical equivalents of the right and left eyes ranged from 10.00 to 19.25 diopters and from 11.00 to 21.5 diopters, respectively. The mean axial and posterior chamber lengths were shorter than those of the age-matched population. However, the mean values of the anterior segment parameters such as horizontal visible iris diameter, central anterior chamber depth, lens thickness, and central corneal thickness were in the normal range. The mean keratometric measurements revealed increased corneal curvature compared with that in the normal population. The mean best contact lens-corrected visual acuity was significantly higher than the mean best spectacle-corrected visual acuity for both eyes (p=0.045).

conclusionHydroCone silicon soft contact lenses provided better visual acuity than spectacles in the patients with posterior microphthalmos in this study.

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