Market Utilization of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses
With this year marking the tenth anniversary of the introduction of silicone hydrogel lenses on the worldwide market, it is interesting to reflect on the differences we have seen in utilization patterns and growth in this material’s market share worldwide. The most accessible place to find that information is the International Contact Lens Prescribing Survey, a yearly, multi-country, collaborative project headed by Dr Philip Morgan, Director of Eurolens Research (Manchester, UK) with help from researchers around the globe.
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The Use of SiH Lenses in the Management of High Refractive Error & Anisometropia
A 48 YO Female wanted to be fit with contact lenses, specifically a contact lens that would help reading with her left eye. Her ocular history included high myopia with reduced vision OD secondary to posterior staphyloma. The patient also wanted to be able to best use the available vision in her right eye. She was wearing a soft contact lens with unknown parameters in the left eye for distance only.
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