title: Visual acuity improvement in eyes with corneal scars fitted with contact lenses.
abstract: The vision of 190 eyes of 130 patients with corneal scars was tested with contact lenses, of which 166 eyes subsequently were fitted with contact lenses. Over 75% of all eyes with corneal scars showed a visual acuity improvement to 6/12 or better. All eyes with a nebular or macular corneal scar and an initial visual acuity of 6/60 or better improved to 6/12 or better. The visual acuity of 77% of the eyes fitted with contact lenses, compared to the visual acuity of 36% of the same eyes obtained with spectacle lenses, improved to 6/12 or better.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix; D003261:Contact Lenses; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000150:complications; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014792:Visual Acuity