title: Permanent wear of soft contact lenses in aphakic eyes.
abstract: In a five-year study, permanent wear of soft contact lenses was achieved by selecting patients and lenses properly, and offered a viable and probably safer alternative to intraocular lenses. Twenty-five of these 49 patients wore their initial lens or a similar lens continuously for over three years. A visual acuity of 6/12 (20/40) or better was obtained in 45 (91.8%) patients. Four (8%) had ocular problems not related to contact lenses that precluded the same improvement in central vision. The most common complications were reversible epithelial edema, superficial vascularization, and conjunctivitis. There was a strong correlation between edema and superficial vascularization in eyes fitted with lenses having a poorly made inside bevel. Calcium deposits were the most frequently found spot on permanent-wear soft contact lenses (nine eyes, 18%).
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / Q000009:adverse effects; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D013997:Time Factors; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium