Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear

PURPOSE To investigate factors associated with spectacle wear in a group of primarily Native-American children provided… (More)

Eye drops are inefficient means of delivering ophthalmic drugs because of limited bioavailability and these can cause significant… (More)

PURPOSE The aim was to simulate the visual appearance of images viewed through corrective lenses having known, arbitrary types… (More)

AIMS To report the clinical findings and visual outcome of patients with extended wear contact lens (EWCL) related bacterial… (More)

Soft contact lenses are bathed with tear components during wear and surface deposits accumulate. This report shows that… (More)

While medical scientific knowledge pertaining to bacterial adhesion to biomaterials has become a rapidly growing field in most… (More)

The microbial flora and fauna of 25 high water content nonionic "soft" contact lenses worn by patients on an extended wear basis… (More)

65 aphakic patients (89 eyes) wore extended wear contact lenses for an average period of 22.8 months. 74% of the patients… (More)

Although cosmetic extended-wear contact lenses are generally safe, they can be associated with a number of complications. A… (More)

Swelling of the cornea during sleep when wearing an extended wear contact lens has a osmotic and hypoxic component. The normal… (More)