Clinical outcomes and complications of fluid-filled scleral lens devices for the management of limbal stem cell deficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To evaluate the clinical and visual outcomes of fluid-filled scleral lens devices (SL) wear in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).

Design

Retrospective consecutive case series.

Methods

27 eyes with LSCD confirmed by in vivo confocal microscopy at the Stein Eye Institute and fitted with SL were included. Correlations between corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) and LSCD stage determined by clinical grading were performed between baseline (after the SL fit) and the last follow-up (the time of discontinuation of SL wear or the last visit in eyes in which SL were continued). In a subset of patients that had worsened LSCD while using SL, anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and anterior segment fluorescein angiogram (AS-FA) were perf

SUBMITTER: Bonnet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature