Lentes de contato esclerais: Experiência inicial no setor de lentes de contato da universidade federal de São Paulo/Escola paulista de medicina

Abstract

Purpose: To describe initial experiences with patients wearing rigid escleral contact lenses. Methods: Retrospective study of 13 eyes of 7 patients, 11 fitted with polymethylmethacrylate and two with rigid gas-permeable scleral contact lenses. Age, sex, diagnosis, initial and final visual acuity (VA), time of daily wear, complications and follow-up were recorded. Results: Keratoconus was diagnosed in 6 patients, one was submitted to radial keratotomy. Mean follow-up lasted 8 months. Visual acuity of all eyes improves with scleral contact lenses. Conclusion: Visual acuity improvement observed in corneal ectasia and after radial keratotomy, in patients awaiting corneal graft, suggests that scleral contact lenses can be considered clinical treatment alternative.