Treatment of recurrent corneal erosion by extended-wear bandage contact lens.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the efficacy of using a bandage contact lens (BCL) for 3 months for recurrent corneal erosions (RCE) to facilitate epithelial adhesion.


METHODS
Retrospective study of patients presented to the Casey Eye Institute (Portland, OR) with RCE after failing at least 6 weeks of medical lubrication therapy. Subjects were treated with an extended-wear BCL for 3 months and then followed for approximately 1 year. The main outcome measure was recurrence of RCE. Best-corrected visual acuity was measured before and after BCL therapy.


RESULTS
From the 12 patients studied, 9 (75%) had no recurrence of RCE after approximately 1 year of follow-up. Three subjects had subjective complaints of recurrent erosion during the follow-up period with 1 of these 3 subjects having objective findings of a recurrent erosion.


CONCLUSIONS
Three-month BCL treatment is a safe and effective medical therapy with a relatively low recurrence rate of RCE.
Fraunfelder
Frederick W
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Casey Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. eyedrug@ohsu.edu
Cabezas
Mauricio
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003262:Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity