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The use of contact lenses to correct aphakia in a clinical trial of cataract management

Abstract

In a prospective study, 110 eligible patients (111 eyes) were randomly selected to have contact lenses for aphakia (CL). The lens of first choice was a daily-wear hard (DWH) PMMA contact lens. Extended-wear (XW) lenses were fitted to those who failed with DWH lenses. The numbers in the two groups were approximately equal. Eighty per cent of eyes were successfully wearing CLs six months post-operatively and 72% were still wearing them after five …

Authors

Cheng H; McPherson K; Boase D; Bell G; Price N; Jacobs P; Noble M; MacLennan S; Bates AK; Kersley J

Journal

Eye, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 138–144

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

1 1990

DOI

10.1038/eye.1990.18

ISSN

0950-222X