title: [A comparative study of the clinical efficiency of use of traditional soft contact lenses and planned replacement lenses].
abstract: The study was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of use of traditional contact lenses versus planned replacement lenses in two hundred and eighty-four patients who had worn traditional contact lenses (92 patients), quarterly replaced contact lenses (104 patients), and monthly replaced contact lenses (88 patients) in the daytime for 12 months. A comprehensive examination of patients was performed, by using an original procedure for quantitatively assessing the objective and subjective status of the visual organ while wearing contact lenses. The findings suggest that planned replacement contact lenses provide a stable and statistically higher state of the anterior chamber of the eye and comfortable wearing these lenses than that in wearing traditional contact lenses. The differences found in the clinical efficiency of use of planned replacement contact lenses and traditional contact lenses are associated with the presence of a number of factors (the degree of lens dirtying, toxicoallergic reactions of the eye to lens care agents, lens damage, the terms of wearing, etc.) that in combination with the medical and professional features of planned replacement contact lens (the possibility of rapid lens replacement, easiness-to-care) make it possible to consider, in most cases, the use of planned replacement contact lenses as medical indications that afford the patient effective prevention of complications and prolonged and comfortable wearing.
authors.forename: T Iu
authors.initials: TIu
authors.lastname: Kliuvaeva
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Reshetnikova
mesh_terms: D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013997:Time Factors