Extended wear soft contact lenses in the correction of aphakia.

Abstract

This paper reports the study over a 2-year period of forty patients with uniocular aphakia fitted with spherical extended wear hydrophilic lenses: Sauflon 85 per cent and Duragel 72 per cent. The patients' ages ranged from 17 to 87 years (mean 52). They were unable to handle a daily wear soft lens or tolerate a hard lens. The success rate was 85 per cent.

• Authors: M K Tandon, M S Davies, D Wishart, K J Brown
• Journal: Transactions of the ophthalmological societies of the United Kingdom (Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K (1962)) Vol. 101 Issue 1 Pg. 65-8 ( 1981) ISSN: 0078-5334 [Print] England
• PMID: 6964240 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aphakia, Postcataract (therapy)
• Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic (adverse effects)
• Corneal Ulcer (etiology)
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Time Factors
• Visual Acuity