background: silicon hydrogel bandage contact lenses are used to enhance epithelial healing, control surface-generated pain, and prevent epithelial erosions after refractive surgery. considering the importance of faster reepithelialization in preventing complications of photorefractive keratectomy (prk) and the fact that the features and specifications of these commercially-available lenses are ...

BACKGROUND Bandage contact lenses are commonly used by ophthalmic practitioners to protect the patient's cornea. We report a case of folded bandage contact lens retained for six and a half years in the upper subtarsal space. To our knowledge, no other cases of retained bandage contact lens have previously been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A patient was applied a pair of banda...

Journal of Refractive Surgery Volume 13 (suppl) August 1997 Aprospective, randomized double-blind, paired study was conducted on 13 individuals to evaluate the potential benefits of using bandage contact lenses in one eye following bilateral simultaneous laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). Symptoms such as pain and discomfort, uncorrected visual acuity, spectacle-corrected visual acuity, manu...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of 2 types of silicone hydrogel bandage contact lenses with high oxygen transmissibility after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). SETTING Institute of Vision and Optics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. METHODS In this prospective study, 1 eye of patients having bilateral PRK was randomly fitted with a bandage contact lens o...

AIM To observe the curative effect of bandage contact lens in neurogenic keratitis. METHODS Twenty cases of neurogenic keratitis were studied at the Department of Ophthalmology, the first Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, between October 2012 and June 2013. These included 13 males and 7 females, aged from 35 to 88y. Patients were voluntarily divided into an experimental group (...

To the Editor: In the article by Oskouee et al, the authors reported the use of bandage contact lenses and topical indomethacin to treat persistent corneal epithelial defects (PED) after vitreoretinal surgery. They suggested that monocular patients, patients who require rapid visual rehabilitation, and those who have discomfort when wearing patches would benefit greatly from treatment with a ba...

We report an unusual case of iris rubeosis and hyphema caused by chemical injury due to household detergent. A 74-year-old man with a 15-year history of diabetes mellitus was refilling a container with household detergent at home. He splashed the detergent in his eyes. Slit-lamp examination revealed extensive epithelial damage to the left eye, leading to a persistent corneal epithelial defect. ...

We have assessed the role of bandage contact lenses in the primary treatment of traumatic corneal abrasions. Patients treated with bandage lenses healed more quickly (0.05 greater than p greater than 0.02) and with less discomfort (0.05 greater than p greater than 0.02) than those treated traditionally, with the added advantage of maintaining vision during treatment. Resterilisation of contact ...