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2080694

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Sporadic reports describing cases of corneal deformation (i.e. corneal warpage with astigmatism or keratoconus) after a minimum of about 4 years contact lens wear are condensed into Table 1. Some severe cases required corneal grafting. Eight personal cases are described in Table 2, including two who have worn only soft lenses and one who has worn soft lenses for 6 out of 7 years. It is suggested that although some cases of this corneal distortion might well have occurred without contact lenses, the trauma of years of contact lens wear is causative if the individual's cornea is predisposed, possibly by the carrier state of hereditary naturally-occurring keratoconus. A risk-averse patient and practitioner would probably add this to other possible complications, and restrict contact lenses to eyes with more severe refractive errors, and minimise the wearing time.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0001-639X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Contact lenses and corneal deformation: cause, correlate or co-incidence?
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Great Britain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review