title: Large soft contact lenses in the management of leaking blebs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the efficacy of a new large permanent wear soft contact lens in the management of leaking blebs following trabeculectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four patients with leakage from a trabeculectomy bleb, both fornix based and limbal based, with and without mitomycin adjuvant, were treated with a 78% water content soft contact lens of 17.5 mm diameter, fit according to each patient's keratometry readings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The leakage from a conjunctival trabeculectomy bleb was successfully treated in 22 out of 24 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 17.5 mm 78% water content permanent wear soft contact lens is a preferred method of management of leaking blebs when specifically tailored to the patient's corneal curvature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shoham
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tessler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Finkelman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
mesh_terms: D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome