Contact lens in unilateral aphakia

Abstract

(1) A short case history is given in tabular form, of eighteen consecutive patients with unilateral aphakia fitted with contact lens in the past two years, and the routine procedure outlined. (2) Sixteenl out of eighteen patients have had their binocular vision fully restored and are able to wear their contact lens in comfort. (3) Stress is laid on the need for discrimination in selecting cases and on the value of orthoptic trecatment in the re-education of binocular sinlgle vision.