5 Topic Commentaries

Visual Rehabilitation With a Scleral Lens in an Eye With Corneal Scarring

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  Laura M. Di Meglio, OD

  Optometry — Specialty Contact Lenses (Scleral)

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  I thought if we could give him a hard, smooth surface to look through, he would get better vision that stayed consistent all day long.

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  Jordan K. Jones, OD, FAAO

  Optometry — Specialty Contact Lenses; Corneal Disease

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  Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

  This case shows how using advanced techniques can help patients who may previously have been unable to wear scleral contact lenses successfully,

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  Muriel M. Schornack, OD

  Optometry — Scleral Lens Fitting; Corneal Ectasia and Ocular Surface Disease

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  Mayo Clinic

  In cases like this, scleral lenses really do function as prosthetic ocular surfaces.

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  David A. Meyer, OD, FAAO

  Optometry — Specialty Contact Lenses (Scleral); Irregular Cornea

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  John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Health

  They’re made specifically for irregular corneas and are much larger than rigid lenses, so they rest on the entire white part of the eye,

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  Michelle M. Hessen, OD

  Optometry — Ocular Surface Disease; Scleral/PROSE Lenses

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  People are often unable to perform activities of daily living without special scleral lenses to help support the surface of their eyes,

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