Contact lenses in the future will likely have functions other than correction of refractive error.
Lenses designed to control the development of myopia are already commercially available …

The medical use of contact lenses is a solution for many complex ocular conditions,
including high refractive error, irregular astigmatism, primary and secondary corneal ectasia …

Contact lens-related complications are common, affecting around one third of wearers,
although most are mild and easily managed. Contact lenses have well-defined anatomical …

Bacterial infections of the cornea, or bacterial keratitis (BK), are notorious for causing rapidly
fulminant disease and permanent vision loss, even among treated patients. In the last sixty …

This paper outlines changes to the ocular surface caused by contact lenses and their degree
of clinical significance. Substantial research and development to improve oxygen …

Purpose To report on the ocular health and safety of children fit with soft hydrogel daily-
disposable contact lenses, and followed for 6-years in a double-masked clinical trial …

Background Water exposure during contact lens wear has been associated with contact lens
disease including microbial keratitis and sterile corneal infiltrates. Despite the documented …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are the two dominant Gram-negative
and-positive species, respectively, isolated from patients with contact lens-related bacterial …

Reusable soft daily wear contact lenses (CLs) remain popular and were fit to just over half of
all wearers in the most recent international CL prescribing survey. Unlike daily disposable …

Purpose: To determine whether Mel4-coated antimicrobial contact lenses (MACLs) can
reduce the incidence of corneal infiltrative events (CIEs) during extended wear. Methods: A …