title: Treatment of corneal dellen with a large diameter soft contact lens.
abstract: A 58-year-old man presented with corneal dellen twelve days after pterygium removal on his left eye. Initial treatment with lubrication and artificial tears was unsuccessful. The fitting of a conventional contact lens was not possible because of conjuctival chemosis. Additionally the patient denied eye patching due to professional reasons. As an alternative treatment a large diameter bandage soft contact lens approved for extended wear was applied ((David Thomas Contact Lens T74/85 Extended Wear/Bandage of 18mm diameter). The next day corneal dellen had already began to retreat and four days later the contact lens was removed since there was no sign of dellen in the slit lamp examination. In conclusion, the use of a large diameter soft contact lens was an effective alternative solution for the treatment of corneal dellen in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. kymionis@med.uoc.gr
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kymionis
authors.forename: Argyro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plaka
authors.forename: Georgios A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kontadakis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Astyrakakis
mesh_terms: D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome