Letter to Editor

Comparison of visual results of RGP contact lenses in keratoconus subgroups: Cone type, cone location, severity of the disease

Volume: 56 Number: 1 March 1, 2017
  • İhsan Yılmaz
  • Ferah Özçelik
  • Gökhan Demir
  • Gönül Karataş
  • Başak Saraçoğlu
  • Muhittin Taşkapılı
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Comparison of visual results of RGP contact lenses in keratoconus subgroups: Cone type, cone location, severity of the disease

Abstract

Aim: It is aimed to evaluate the visual performance of Rose K and Conflex Air rigid gas-permeable (RGP) contact lenses in keratoconus subgroups according to cone types, cone location, and severity of keratoconus. Materials and Methods: Seventy-five eyes of 75 participants were included in this retrospective study. Each participant received a full ophthalmologic examination involving refraction, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best spectacle corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit-lamp biomicroscopy-fundoscopy, break-up time (BUT), corneal topography, best contact lens corrected visual acuity (BCLCVA). Results: The mean age was 25.9±8.3 years (range 18-53). Rose K was fitted for 36 eyes and Conflex Air was fitted for 39 eyes. In Rose K group; the mean logMAR UCVA, BCVA, BCLCVA were 0.90±0.33 (range 0.30-1.30), 0.55±0.28 (range 0.22-1.30), 0.14±0.12 (range 0-0.40). In Conflex Air group; the mean logMAR UCVA, BCVA, BCLCVA were 0.89±0.38 (range 0.30-1.30), 0.47±0.24 (range: 0-1.30), 0.08±0.09 (range 0-0.40). There were significant increases in visual acuities with contact lenses in both groups (p

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English

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Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Authors

İhsan Yılmaz

Ferah Özçelik

Gökhan Demir

Gönül Karataş

Başak Saraçoğlu

Muhittin Taşkapılı

Publication Date

March 1, 2017

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March 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 56 Number: 1

Vancouver
1.İhsan Yılmaz, Ferah Özçelik, Gökhan Demir, Gönül Karataş, Başak Saraçoğlu, Muhittin Taşkapılı. Comparison of visual results of RGP contact lenses in keratoconus subgroups: Cone type, cone location, severity of the disease. EJM. 2017 Mar. 1;56(1):29-33. doi:10.19161/etd.344295

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