PURPOSE To describe the use of Jupiter scleral lenses (Medlens Innovations, Front Royal, VA; and Essilor Contact Lenses, Inc., Dallas, TX) in the management of keratoconus. To give an example of just how successful scleral lenses can be for correcting vision in people with keratoconus, here is a case report of a recent patient at the ELZA Institute.

GVR Scleral Lens over Advanced Keratoconus Print; Details Category: Keratoconus Created: Friday, 13 November 2015 00:54 This is a photo of an eye with an advanced keratoconus. A patient with keratoconus presented to the ELZA Institute in December 2019, taking an emergency appointment, and complained of red eyes and pain. Scleral contact lenses are a great treatment for keratoconus, dry eye syndrome and other corneal injuries and diseases. Depending on what the brand they fit, many things can be different. The Zenlens scleral lens is a fully vaulting scleral lens with SmartCurve technology which enables you to modify only the parameter you want, not the ones you don't. Scleralcontacts.com provides information about these treatments for patients so that they can make better decisions about their care. Keratoconus (keh-rah-toe-cone-us) is a non-inflammatory eye disorder in which the round dome-shaped cornea progressively thins causing a cone-like bulge to develop. A patient with keratoconus presented to the ELZA Institute in December 2019, taking an emergency appointment, and complained of red eyes and pain.

Scleral Lenses for Keratoconus. Not all sclerals are created equal. Soft lenses showed good efficacy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate keratoconus with newer designs improving visual performance such as customised hydrogel and novel pinhole lenses. Hence the name keratoconus, from the Greek …

Keratoconus (keh-rah-toe-cone-us) is a non-inflammatory eye disorder in which the round dome-shaped cornea progressively thins causing a cone-like bulge to develop.

With fenestrated lenses, there is a possibility for the air bubble coming into the visual axis and compromising visual acuity, but this is not so with the fluid-ventilated lenses. Cross-linking, on the other hand, is effective at stopping progression.

Hence the name keratoconus, from the Greek … Generally, scleral contact lenses provide the best fit, comfort and visual acuity for someone with keratoconus. Scleral contacts are larger in diameter than conventional gas permeable (GP) contact lenses, which allows them to vault over even relatively large areas of distorted cornea, eliminating much of the irregular astigmatism and other refractive errors caused by keratoconus. The Laserfit ® lens is known by patients worldwide from over 40 countries and all 50 States across the USA. The scleral lenses can be air-ventilated (fenestrated) or fluid-ventilated (non-fenestrated).15 This ventilation helps in providing oxygen to the ocular surface without compromising the physiology. Even if you have failed previously with contact lenses for keratoconus or another corneal disorder these lenses are quite different. Scleral Lenses GP lenses come in a variety of diameters to meet the needs of fitters and patients. Scleral contact lenses are a great treatment for keratoconus, dry eye syndrome and other corneal injuries and diseases.