Special Contact Lenses

Lecture + Exercises + Seminar: 2 + 2 + 0

Course Aims: The design and fitting of rigid and hydrogel contact lenses in cases of high and/or irregular astigmatism and/or increased corneal higher order aberrations. Design and fitting of contact lenses for patients with keratoconus, keratoglobus or pellucid marginal degeneration.  Strategies for the use of contact lenses on infants and the pediatric population.  The use of advanced technology such as computerized corneal topography and wave front analysis in contact lens fitting.  The use of corneal refractive therapy and orthokeratology in myopia treatment. Advanced fitting of contact lenses on the post-refractive surgery and diseased cornea.  Fitting of therapeutic bandage or other therapeutic contact lenses for sustained drug release or for corneal surface disease to include superficial corneal disease/trauma to include corneal abrasion, recurrent corneal erosion, or epithelial basement membrane dystrophy.