Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses in Keratoconus Patients

Abstract

Objective: To assess the role of Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) contact lenses in keratoconus.

Study Design: Hospital based descriptive study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Outpatient Department, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar from November, 2012 to February, 2013.

Materials and Methods: Patients were examined for Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis having Keratoconus at the outpatient department, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. 16 patients were found to have keratoconus.

Inclusion Criteria: Patients in the age group 12-30 years with VKC having keratoconus.

Exclusion Criteria: Patients outside this age range and those with keratoconus without VKC

were excluded.

Results: Thirteen patients were using glasses while three did not use glasses. The visual acuity of patients’ eyes was there. Improvement with glasses is shown in Table 4.  Table 5 presents Visual acuity improvement with soft contact lenses and improvement with RGP lenses is shown in Table 6.

Conclusion: RGP contact lenses improve vision better than glasses and soft contact lenses.