December 2002
Features
Contact Lens Stability After Penetrating Keratoplasty
By: Randall S. Collins, OD, FAAO; Anthony J. Jarecke, O.D.; Ryan Traver, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Understanding the factors that affect post-PK lens stability will help you better fit these transplant patients.
Selecting the Best Candidates for Continuous Wear
By: Robin L. Chalmers, O.D.
FDA approval studies and a risk factor analysis help form a profile of the best candidates for silicone hydrogel continuous wear.
Comfort Differences Between Multi-purpose Solutions
Patients assessed contact lens comfort while using one of two multi-purpose solutions.
Combining Two Methods of Correcting Myopia
By: S. Barry Eiden, O.D., F.A.A.O.; Amber Dawson, O.D.
With a thin cornea post-LASIK, a patient successfully wears reverse geometry lenses to correct residual myopia.
Departments
editor's perspective
By: Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Contact Lenses, Not Contacts, and Thanks
prescribing for astigmatism
By: Walter Choate, OD
Astigmatism and Presbyopia: Contact Lens Double Jeopardy?
RGP insights
By: Loretta B. Szczotka-Flynn, OD, PhD, MS, FAAO
Managing Specialty Contact Lenses Under Managed Care
discovering dry eye
By: Kelly Kinney Nichols, OD, MPH, PHD
Aging, Hormones And Dry Eye: An Update
contact lens primer
By: Timothy B. Edrington, OD, MS; Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
That's All, Folks!
contact lens economics
By: Walter D. West , OD, FAAO
Use Staff to Increase Contact Lens Profitability
treatment plan
By: Timothy McMahon, OD, FAAO
Corneal Topography Masquerades Part II
readers' forum
By: Cary M. Herzberg, O.D., F.I.O.S.
Using a Scleral Lens To Control Myopia
contact lens case reports
By: Patrick J. Caroline, FAAO; Mark P. André, FAAO
Try Nasal Rotation with GP Translating Multifocals