title: Gas-permeable contact lenses can protect against ocular trauma: two cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report two cases of rigid gas-permeable contact lens wearers who were protected from serious foreign body-related injury through the wearing of their contact lenses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two case reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rigid gas-permeable contact lenses appear to have protected the eyes of two patients from probable serious injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rigid gas-permeable contact lenses can have a protective effect against some types of trauma, although they are not recommended to be used for protective purposes.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Kelvin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Timothy T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weissman
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D003261:Contact Lenses; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005135:Eye Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged