| Autor: |
K, Setälä, K, Vasara, E, Vesti, P, Ruusuvaara |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica. 76(3) |
| ISSN: |
1395-3907 |
| Popis: |
To analyze the long-term effects of soft and hard (PMMA) contact lenses (CL) on the human corneal endothelium.One hundred and one contact lens wearers withor =10 years' wearing time and 50 healthy control subjects were examined with specular microscope.The mean corneal endothelial cell densities of the CL wearers (2846 cells/mm2) and of the control eyes (2940 cells/mm2) differed by 94 cells/mm2 (p0.05). The mean values for the coefficient of variation (CV) differed significantly (p0.0001); for all CL wearers: mean CV=0.31, vs. for controls: 0.22. The mean endothelial cell density of the eyes exposed to CL wear for more than 25 years (30 eyes) was 2575 cells/mm2 (mean CV: 0.36). Rather low densities (2000 cells/mm2) were observed in 16 eyes of the CL group (8%). Cell densities less than 2500 cells/mm2 were observed in a total of 41 eyes (20%) in the CL group, whereas in the control group (100 eyes) all of the subjects, except one, had cell densities of more than 2500 cells/mm2 in both eyes.A subgroup of PMMA as well as soft contact lens wearers react not only with high pleomorphism and polymegethism but also with a decrease in endothelial cell density. |
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