Contact lens visual rehabilitation in keratoconus and corneal keratoplasty.

摘要: Keratoconus is the most common corneal distrophy. It's a noninflammatory progressive thinning process that leads to conical ectasia of cornea, causing high myopia and astigmatism. Many treatment choices include spectacle correction contact lens wear, collagen cross linking, intracorneal ring segments implantation finally keratoplasty. Contact lenses are commonly used reduce astigmatism increase vision. There various types available. We reviewed soft lenses, rigid gas permeable piggyback hybrid scleral-semiscleral in keratoconus management. The surgical option keratoplasty, but even after sutur removal, may stil exists. Therefore, an adequate correct