Contact lens rehabilitation following repaired XXXX .

@entity940 @entity1 @entity267 @entity1035 @entity1173
BACKGROUND: Visual outcome following repair of post-traumatic corneal perforation may not be optimal due to presence of irregular keratometric @entity940 . We performed a study to evaluate and compare rigid gas permeable contact lens and spectacles in visual rehabilitation following perforating @entity267 . METHOD: Eyes that had undergone repair for corneal perforating injuries with or without lens @entity1173 were fitted rigid gas permeable contact lenses. The fitting pattern and the improvement in visual acuity by contact lens over spectacle correction were noted. RESULTS: Forty eyes of 40 @entity1 that had undergone surgical repair of posttraumatic @entity1035 were fitted rigid gas permeable contact lenses for visual rehabilitation. Twenty-four eyes (60%) required aphakic contact lenses. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of > or = 6/18 in the snellen's acuity chart was seen in 10 (25%) eyes with spectacle correction and 37 (92.5%) eyes with the use of contact lens (p < 0.001). The best-corrected visual acuity with spectacles was 0.20 +/- 0.13 while the same with contact lens was 0.58 +/- 0.26. All the @entity1 showed an improvement of > or = 2 lines over spectacles in the snellen's acuity chart with contact lens. CONCLUSION: Rigid gas permeable contact lenses are better means of rehabilitation in eyes that have an irregular cornea due to scars caused by perforating @entity267 .
