title: [Contact correction: method for arresting the progress of keratoconus].
abstract: The effect of rigid contact lenses on the course of keratocone during different stages is studied. A total of 121 patients (234 eyes) aged 11 to 49 years were examined. Early onset of keratocone is associated with its more rapid progress; the evolution of the disease from the initial to terminal stage takes 7 years with lenses and 4 without them; the progress of keratocone from one stage to another with contact correction takes more than 2 years versus less than 1.5 years without correction. Rigid contact lenses inhibit the progress of keratocone only at the initial stage of the disease.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Gorskova
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Sevost'ianov
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003261:Contact Lenses; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
vernacular_title: Kontaktnaia korrektsiia-sredstvo stabilizatsii progressirovaniia keratokonusa.