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CLEAR - Orthokeratology

Abstract

Orthokeratology (ortho-k) is the process of deliberately reshaping the anterior cornea by utilising specialty contact lenses to temporarily and reversibly reduce refractive error after lens removal. Modern ortho-k utilises reverse geometry lens designs, made with highly oxygen permeable rigid materials, worn overnight to reshape the anterior cornea and provide temporary correction of refractive error. More recently, ortho-k has been extensively …

Authors

Vincent SJ; Cho P; Chan KY; Fadel D; Ghorbani-Mojarrad N; González-Méijome JM; Johnson L; Kang P; Michaud L; Simard P

Journal

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 240–269

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

April 2021

DOI

10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.003

ISSN

1367-0484