Paper title: Pediatric Microbial Keratitis With Overnight Orthokeratology in Russia Authors: Mark Bullimore, Dmitry Mirsayafov, Aslan Khurai, Leonid Kononov, Suzanna Asatrian, Andrei Shmakov, Kathryn Richdale, Valery Gorev Date: 2021 Reference: ...
How can we best promote safety in orthokeratology (OK) wear? Many OK lens related incidents are due to poor lens handling and hygiene processes.1 Here is a case described by ...
COVID-19 became a global pandemic in 2020 and spurred governments to impose home confinement in many countries. Eye care practitioners were mostly spared the full brunt of the manifestations of ...
What are the unique challenges in monocular (unilateral) or anisometropic myopia management? We know that whilst a very complex process, myopic eye growth is caused by a combination of genetic ...
When a child is only myopic in one eye, it is known as unilateral myopic ametropia. This is defined as the specific refractive state where an unequivocally myopic eye is ...
Can using atropine enhance the effect of orthokeratology? This meta-analysis of 5 studies involving 341 children analysed the effect of combining atropine with orthokeratology on axial length growth, compared to ...
How common is Microbial Keratitis in Children wearing Orthokeratology? This study estimated the incidence of microbial keratitis (MK) in children wearing overnight orthokeratology lenses in a group practice in Russia. ...
Paediatric keratoconus has faster rate of progression and is typically more severe at diagnosis when compared with adult keratoconus.1 There is also a correlation between keratoconus and axial myopia so ...
Do you measure keratometry or corneal topography routinely in your practice? Measuring the cornea in myopes is useful when it comes to contact lens fitting, but can also fill in ...
Orthokeratology (OK) has been shown to be one of the most effective forms of myopia control. As proactive commencement of myopia management often involves younger children, suggesting contact lenses can ...
