Gas-permeable contact lenses can protect against ocular trauma: two cases.
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.
Tang
Kelvin
K
Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Shah
Arti
A
McMahon
Timothy T
TT
Weissman
Barry
B
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