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Ophthalmol Case Rep 2017 Volume 1 Issue 1
August 21-23, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
EYE AND VISION
3
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International Conference on
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eratoconus is a non-inflammatory, often progressive,
corneal disease that makes the cornea thinner and
modifies its normal curvature, leading to poor visual
acuity. The cornea often acquires anomalous conical
shape, from which comes its name. This corneal clinical
condition has always been considered as an impediment
to the orthokeratology technique. It affects approximately
one person in every two thousand people worldwide,
causing visual impairment and usually develops up to the
age of 40 years. There are some techniques and conducts
in the management of keratoconus, among them corneal
crosslink, corneal contact lens adaptation and scleral lenses,
intracorneal ring implantation, and corneal transplantation.
The need for adaptation of corneal or scleral lenses after
surgical procedures is relatively common, even if this
procedure is minimally invasive, which is not well received
by patients, who hoped to avoid or reduce the need for
Use of these lenses. Observing the ability to reshape the
cornea with keratoconus, in some initial cases it is possible
to make a discreet change in the technique and in the way of
adapting the orthokeratology lens, achieving in some cases
good visual acuity of these patients without the necessity
of using corneal contact lenses or scleral lenses during the
day. The application of this variation of the orthokeratology
technique allowed, in these selected cases of keratoconus,
the improvement of the visual acuity of the patient during
the day, making unnecessary the use of rigid contact lenses.
Speaker Biography
Brunno Dantas is an ophthalmologist. Professor of special contact lenses of the
specialization course in ophthalmology of the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology.
e:
oftalmobd@gmail.comOrthokeratology for special cases
Brunno Dantas
Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology, Brazil