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July 17-19, 2017 Chicago, USA
World Congress and Expo on
Optometry & Vision Science
Volume 2, Issue 1 (Suppl)
Optom Open Access, an open access journal
ISSN:2476-2075
World Optometry 2017
July 17-19, 2017
Optom Open Access 2017, 2:1 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2476-2075-C1-003
The Miracle of the Scleral – Application of the mini-scleral lens in advanced keratoconus
Thomas P. Arnold
Today’s vision sugar land, Texas
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ini-scleral rigid gas-permeable lenses have quickly become the treatment of choice by many practitioners in cases of
moderate to advanced keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration. They are also effective in improving visual
acuity in cases of reduced vision from corneal irregularities as a result of such procedures as radial keratotomy and penetrating
keratoplasty. The author will present one such case. A twenty-eight year old Hispanic male presented with advanced
keratoconus. He was currently wearing a scleral contact lens in the right eye only but on a very limited basis due to discomfort.
He was unable to wear any lens in the left eye. Eyeglasses did not provide adequate vision. Without correction he was almost
functionally blind. The patient was successfully fit with a mini-scleral Zenlens (Alden Optical) in a 17.0mm diameter. The
lenses were fit empirically, as refractive and topographic data were unobtainable due to his advanced condition. He is now able
to wear lenses in both eye all waking hours.
drarnold@2020sugarland.com