Contact Lens Complications /
Efron, Nathan,author.
"In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, award-winning contact lens author, lecturer, and researcher, Professor Nathan Efron, presents an easily accessible, systematic account of how to identify, understand, and manage contact lens complications. Professor Efron is renowned for his ability to distil often-complex principles of ocular physiology and pathology into a clinically-friendly format. The subject matter is arranged logically by tissue structure - which is the way practitioners naturally approach clinical problems."--Publisher's description.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I: Examination and grading. Anterior eye examination -- Grading scales -- Grading morphs -- Part II: Eyelids. Blinking abnormalities -- Lid wiper epitheliopathy -- Eyelid ptosis -- Meibomian gland dysfunction -- Eyelash disorders -- Part III: Tear film. Dry eye -- Mucin balls -- Part IV: Conjunctiva. Conjunctival staining -- Lid-parallel conjunctival folds -- Conjunctival redness -- Papillary conjunctivitis -- Part V: Limbus. Limbal redness -- Vascularized limbal keratitis -- Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis -- Part VI: Corneal epithelium. Corneal staining -- Epithelial microcysts -- Epithelial oedema -- Epithelial wrinkling -- Part VII: Corneal stroma. Stromal oedema -- Stromal thinning -- Deep stromal opacities -- Corneal neovascularization -- Corneal infiltrative events -- Microbial keratitis -- Corneal warpage -- Part VIII: Corneal endothelium. Endothelial bedewing -- Endothelial blebs -- Endothelial cell redistribution -- Endothelial polymegethism -- Appendices. Grading scales for contact lens complications -- Guillon tear film classification system.
"In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, award-winning contact lens author, lecturer, and researcher, Professor Nathan Efron, presents an easily accessible, systematic account of how to identify, understand, and manage contact lens complications. Professor Efron is renowned for his ability to distil often-complex principles of ocular physiology and pathology into a clinically-friendly format. The subject matter is arranged logically by tissue structure - which is the way practitioners naturally approach clinical problems."--Publisher's description.
ClinicalKey
Contact lenses
Contact Lenses
Eye Diseases.
Eye Injuries.
Eyelid Diseases.