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Silicone hydrogels: the lens of the future
Several years ago, a prominent contact lens academic pontificated something along the line of “silicone contact lenses are the lenses of the future and always will be…”.
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Barry Weissman
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154
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“Two steps forward, one step back”
Back in the days of the silicone elastomer lens I once heard Dr. Neal Bailey, founding editor of what is now known as the Contact Lens Spectrum magazine, refer to a silicone lens as a lens that was “t...
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Chris Snyder
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155
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| Meet the Editorial Board |
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Introduction of Editorial Board members—part 2
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156-157
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Silicone hydrogel lenses: Q&A with Bausch & Lomb and CIBA Vision
Abstract: Both CIBA Vision and Bausch & Lomb responded independently to questions posed by the ICLC Editors. While some areas for corporate response were “off-limits” because of current litigation...
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Chris Snyder
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158-164
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How much oxygen is enough?: An interview with William J. “Joe” Benjamin, OD, MS, PhD
Dr. Benjamin is a professor of optometry and physiological optics and is a respected researcher in eye physiology. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Optometry, Dr. Benjamin teache...
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Chris Snyder
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165-169
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Corneal pannus resolved with silicone hydrogel contact lenses: a case series
Corneal pannus, defined as widespread superficial corneal neovascularization, appears as a collection of vessels and fibrous tissue growing just underneath the corneal epithelium. It is commonly assoc...
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Melissa W. Chun,
Jennie Y. Kageyama
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170-174
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Patient and practitioner perspectives on PureVision continuous wear lenses
Abstract: Although silicone hydrogel lenses have only recently been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for up to 30 days of continuous wear, in Europe contact lens practitioners have been...
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Gary Orsborn,
Keith Edwards
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175-181
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Cumulative clinical results and projected incident rates of microbial keratitis with PureVision™ silicone hydrogel lenses
Abstract: Concern for microbial keratitis (MK) has been a limiting factor regarding practitioner acceptance of the safety of continuous wear. Nearly 5,800 subjects participated in 27 extended-wear cli...
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Frederick R. Edmunds,
Timothy L. Comstock,
William T. Reindel
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182-187
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Silicone hydrogels website: resource for practitioners
The recent US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval of silicone hydrogel contact lenses for 30 nights continuous wear is likely to trigger significant growth in this method of vision correctio...
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Desmond Fonn
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188-190
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Surfaces of silicone hydrogel contact lenses
The level of deposition usually found on silicone hydrogel lenses is minimal and deposition is more common toward the end of the 30-night wearing cycle. This is independent of whether the lenses are w...
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Rènée du Toit,
Judith Stern,
Debbie Sweeney
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191-192
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Contact lens-induced papillary conjunctivitis is either local or general
Contact lens-induced papillary conjunctivitis (CLPC) is one of the major reasons for discontinuation of lens wear, more often with extended wear of hydrogel lenses.
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C Skotnitsky,
A Kalliris,
P.R Sankaridurg,
D.F Sweeney
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193-195
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