Therapeutic use of a lotrafilcon A XXXX hydrogel soft contact lens as a bandage after LASEK surgery.

@entity1 @entity26 @entity450 @entity1346 @entity158 @entity3169
PURPOSE: Soft contact lenses may be used as a bandage after corneal refractive surgery. @entity1346 hydrogel contact lenses offer the advantage of increased @entity26 permeability over conventional hydrogel lenses for this application. To evaluate a @entity1346 hydrogel contact lens as a continuous wear bandage applied after laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK). METHODS: We conducted a prospective, open-label, non-randomized clinical trial involving thirty @entity1 treated with unilateral LASEK. @entity1 were fitted with a lotrafilcon A (Focus NIGHT _ DAY; CIBA Vision, Duluth, GA) @entity1346 hydrogel soft contact lens that was worn continuously for 3 to 4 days post-operatively. Lens movement and slitlamp evaluations of @entity3169 1, 2, and 3 days after surgery (DAS) were recorded, as was the condition of the corneal epithelium after lens removal. Subjective comfort was rated by the @entity1 along with the presence of symptoms or @entity158 . RESULTS: Post-blink lens movement was evaluated by investigators as "very good" or "good" in 87% of eyes at 1 DAS, in 73% at 2 DAS, and in 60% at 3 DAS. Conjunctival @entity450 was assessed as normal or trace in 96% of eyes at 1 DAS, in 76% at 2 DAS, and in 67% at 3 DAS. An average of 80% of eyes showed normal or trace @entity3169 during the trial. The condition of the corneal epithelium after contact lens removal was rated as "very good" in 13% or "good" in 73% of eyes. An average of 77% of subjects reported "very good" or "good" comfort during the trial. Symptoms or @entity158 were rated as "absent" or "mild" by all subjects at 1 DAS and 2 DAS and by 96% at 3 DAS. An average of 99% rated symptoms or @entity158 as either "absent" or "mild" during the trial. CONCLUSIONS: The lotrafilcon A lens was found to be an effective and well-tolerated bandage lens after LASEK.
