1. Changes in refraction after retinal detachment surgery corrected by extended wear contact lenses for early visual rehabilitation
- Author
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Ed Peperkamp, J C Van Meurs, F Eggink, W Vreugdenhil, M Talsma, and H Beekhuis
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual rehabilitation ,Corneal Infiltrates ,Visual Acuity ,Eye ,Refraction, Ocular ,Retinal detachment surgery ,law.invention ,Optics ,law ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Myopia ,Humans ,Aged ,Anthropometry ,business.industry ,Retinal Detachment ,Retinal detachment ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Refraction ,eye diseases ,Lens (optics) ,Scleral Buckling ,Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear ,Extended wear contact lenses ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
The encircling band used in conventional retinal detachment surgery creates a circular indentation of the eye and thus may increase the anterior-posterior axial length. The myopia induced by encircling elements in retinal detachment surgery varies between 0 and 3 D. In a series of 25 patients, the average change in refraction after surgery was -2.25 D. To achieve early visual rehabilitation, patients were fitted with extended-wear soft contact lenses 7 to 10 days after surgery. The patients were followed for up to 6 months and contact lenses were exchanged according to changes in refraction. Visual rehabilitation using extended-wear lenses was immediate and excellent. The contact lenses were tolerated well. Two patients developed a minor corneal infiltrate under the soft lens and were withdrawn from the study.
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- 1993