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Contact Lens Complications

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  • 3rd Edition - January 10, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Nathan Efron
  • Language: English

Effectively manage even the most challenging contact lens complications with help from Contact Lens Complications, 3rd Edition! Award-winning author, clinician, and researcher Pr… Read more

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Effectively manage even the most challenging contact lens complications with help from Contact Lens Complications, 3rd Edition! Award-winning author, clinician, and researcher Professor Nathan Efron presents a thoroughly up-to-date, clinician-friendly guide to identifying, understanding, and managing ocular response to contact lens wear.

Key features

  • Evaluate and manage patients efficiently
  • with an organization that parallels your clinical decision making, arranging complications logically by tissue pathologies.

  • Turn to the lavish illustrations and full-color schematic diagrams
  • for a quick visual understanding of the causes and remedies for contact lens complications.

Readership

Optometrists and dispensing opticians in training and in practice

Ophthalmologists

Ophthalmic nurses

Table of contents

Part I EXAMINATION AND GRADING

Chapter 1 Anterior eye examination

Chapter 2 Grading scales

Chapter 3 Grading morphs

Part II EYELIDS

Chapter 4 Blinking abnormalities

Chapter 5 Eyelid ptosis

Chapter 6 Meibomian gland dysfunction

Chapter 7 Eyelash disorders

Part III TEAR FILM

Chapter 8 Dry eye

Chapter 9 Mucin balls

Part IV CONJUNCTIVA

Chapter 10 Conjunctival staining

Chapter 11 Conjunctival redness

Chapter 12 Papillary conjunctivitis

Part V LIMBUS

Chapter 13 Limbal redness

Chapter 14 Vascularised limbal keratitis

Chapter 15 Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis

Part VI CORNEAL EPITHELIUM

Chapter 16 Corneal staining

Chapter 17 Epithelial microcysts

Chapter 18 Epithelial oedema

Chapter 19 Epithelial wrinkling

Part VII CORNEAL STROMA

Chapter 20 Stromal oedema

Chapter 21 Stromal thinning

Chapter 22 Deep stromal opacities

Chapter 23 Corneal neovascularisation

Chapter 24 Corneal infiltrative events

Chapter 25 Microbial keratitis

Chapter 26 Corneal warpage

Part VIII CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM

Chapter 27 Endothelial bedewing

Chapter 28 Endothelial blebs

Chapter 29 Endothelial cell redistribution

Chapter 30 Endothelial polymegethism

Appendix A Grading scales for contact lens complications system

Appendix B Guillon tear film classification

Index

Review quotes

"Armed with Efron’s Contact Lens Complications, practitioners will be well prepared to help contact lens patients with successful lens wear. Every contact lens practice needs access to this book." Clinical and Experimental Optometry 96. 3 May 2013

"It is truly a companion to the Efron Grading Scales. It is a book that will be often used, and the comprehensive cited reference section is invaluable and will satisfy any curious mind. Overall, the book is a nice addition as a clinical reference in contact lenses and their related ocular pathologies." Optometry and Vision Science, Vol. 90, No. 3, March 2013

"In summary, this latest third edition has been completely updated and revised to reflect the most current knowledge, research findings, technological developments, and updates in the contact lens field. Its easy-to-use design and systematic approach provide instant access to information that is ideal for use in a busy clinic or for exam revision." Optician, Dec 2012

"…we now have the whole edition available online via ExpertConsult.com. One simply visits the website, types in the activation code and hey presto you can access every page, image and more. The morphs are available for online viewing (or download) as is a grading tutor, which I found very useful…. The good news is that this 3rd edition contains around 60% more pages but costs around 40% less than the 2nd edition. It’s a no brainer really." New Zealand Optics, Sept 2012

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 15, 2012
  • Language: English

About the author

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Nathan Efron

Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Department of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Brisbane, Australia
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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