Contact lens fitting for keratoconus after Intacs placement.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a patient with keratoconus who underwent Intacs surgery to one eye with an unsatisfactory result and refused to undergo an Intacs removal procedure.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
The patient's eye was fitted with a soft contact lens for visual rehabilitation 5 months after Intacs placement.


CONCLUSIONS
Intacs, with the help of secondary refractive procedures or contact lenses, may still be considered as effective in postponing penetrating keratoplasty, even in patients with advanced keratoconus.
Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey. omuru@yahoo.com
Omür O
OO
Uçakhan
Ayfer
A
Kanpolat
Ozden
O
Ozdemir
D000328:Adult; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014792:Visual Acuity
D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate