%0 Journal Article
%T Suppl-1, M8: Contact Lenses for Keratoconus- Current Practice
%A Eirini Nitoda
%A Eleftherios Karageorgiadis
%A Marilita M. Moschos
%A Miltos Balidis
%A Nikos Kozeis
%A Panagiotis Georgoudis
%J Archive of "The Open Ophthalmology Journal".
%D 2017
%R 10.2174/1874364101711010241
%X Keratoconus is a chronic, bilateral, usuallly asymmetrical, non-inflammatory, ectatic disorder, being characterized by progressive steepening, thinning and apical scarring of the cornea. Initially, the patient is asymptomatic, but the visual acuity gradually decreases, resulting in significant vision loss due to the development of irregular astigmatism, myopia, corneal thinning and scarring. The classic treatment of visual rehabilitation in keratoconus is based on spectacles and contact lenses (CLs)
%K Keratoconus
%K Cornea
%K Contact lens
%K Visual rehabilitation
%K RMS
%K GP
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585463/