Contact lens in keratoconus.
Contact lenses are required for the visual improvement in patients with keratoconus. Various contact lens options, such as rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses, soft and soft toric lenses, piggy back contact lenses (PBCL), hybrid lenses and scleral lenses are availble. This article discusses about selection of a lens depending on the type of keratoconus and the fitting philosophies of various contact lenses including the starting trial lens. A Medline search was carried out for articles in the English language with the keywords keratoconus and various contact lenses such as Rose k lens, RGP lens, hybrid lens, scleral lens and PBCL.
Cornea Services; Bausch and Lomb Contact lens Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Varsha M
VM
Rathi
Preeji S
PS
Mandathara
Srikanth
S
Dumpati
D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000628:therapy*; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*