%0 Journal Article
%T Profile and Performance of Rigid Gas Permeable and Scleral Lenses on Keratoconic Patients in the Developing Contact Lens Practice Settings
%A Walter Kibet Yego
%A Harun Chemjor
%J Open Journal of Ophthalmology
%P 191-199
%@ 2165-7416
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojoph.2020.103021
%X <b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Purpose:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b> </b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">To
present the profile of keratoconic contact lens wearers, alongside with per</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">formance of corneal and scleral rigid gas permeable
(RGP) at different stages of keratoconus based on limited diagnostic resources. </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b></b></span><b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></b><b><span> </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">5-year
Clinical records of keratoconic corneal and scleral RGP contact lens w</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">earers were retrieved. Data on age, gender, visual
acuity (VA), refraction (RE), stage of keratoconus and mode of correction among
other variables w</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ere</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> obtained for analysis. Information pertaining to
the outcome in pre and post-fit at different severity w</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">as</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> determined. </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b></b></span><b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></b></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> A total of 124 medical records
were analyzed, with the age (20.86 ¡À 9.50 years), gender (58.9% male and 41.1%
female), Laterality (57.3% bilateral, 26.6% right eye and left eye as 16.1%)
and ethnicity (91.1% Africans and 8.9%</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Asians).
There were no significant differences in effects of lenses (RGP and Scleral
lenses) across three stages in visual acuity and in three stages o</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">f severity H</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">RGP</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (2) = 1.05, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">p</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = 0.59;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">H</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Scleral</span></sub></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(1) = 2.24, </span><i><span
%K Keratoconus
%K Visual Outcome
%K Rigid Gas Permeable
%K Scleral Lenses
%K Developing Practices
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=101273