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Comparative Study
. 2000 Jan;26(1):37-9.

Large soft contact lenses in the management of leaking blebs

A Shoham  1 , Z Tessler, Y Finkelman, T Lifshitz
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  • PMID: 10656308
Comparative Study

Large soft contact lenses in the management of leaking blebs

A Shoham et al. CLAO J. 2000 Jan.

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a new large permanent wear soft contact lens in the management of leaking blebs following trabeculectomy.

Methods: Twenty-four patients with leakage from a trabeculectomy bleb, both fornix based and limbal based, with and without mitomycin adjuvant, were treated with a 78% water content soft contact lens of 17.5 mm diameter, fit according to each patient's keratometry readings.

Results: The leakage from a conjunctival trabeculectomy bleb was successfully treated in 22 out of 24 patients.

Conclusions: The 17.5 mm 78% water content permanent wear soft contact lens is a preferred method of management of leaking blebs when specifically tailored to the patient's corneal curvature.

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