In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, award-winning contact lens author, lecturer, and researcher, Professor Nathan Efron, presents an easily accessible, systematic account of how to identify, understand, and manage contact lens complications. Professor Efron is renowned for his ability to distil often-complex principles of ocular physiology and pathology into a clinically-friendly format. The subject matter is arranged logically by tissue structure - which is the way practitioners naturally approach clinical problems. Beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated with full-color schematic diagrams and clinical pictures, this book can serve as both a practical chair-side manual and authoritative reference.- Thoroughly revised, capturing the latest advances and concepts in contact lens related ocular pathology.- Updated 'Complications quick-find index' at the beginning of the book, constituting a valuable practitioner aid to formulating a rapid diagnosis and treatment plan, and serving students as a useful examination study aid.- Incorporates findings from the Dry Eye Workshop II (DEWS II) and the International Workshops on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Contact Lens Discomfort.- Two new chapters - Lid Wiper Epitheliopathy and Lid-Parallel Conjunctival Folds.- Over 1,500 references cited as the basis of a thorough evidence-based approach.- 60 superb new clinical pictures and schematic diagrams, making over 650 in total.- Grading scales for 16 contact lens complications, making this the most comprehensive and widely-used grading system available today.- Grading morphs computer program as a computer-based aid to assessing condition severity.- Self-help grading tutor computer program to help you hone your grading skills.- Pictorial tear film classification system.
Contact Lens Complications, 4e Quick Find Index Part I: Examination and Grading 1. Anterior Eye Examination 2. Grading Scales 3. Grading Morphs Part II: Eyelids 4. Blinking Abnormalities 5. Lid Wiper Epitheliopathy 6. Eyelid Ptosis 7. Meibomian Gland Dysfunction 8. Eyelash Disorders Part III: Tear Film 9. Dry Eye 10. Mucin Balls Part IV: Conjunctiva 11. Conjunctival Staining 12. Lid-Parallel Conjunctival Folds 13. Conjunctival Redness 14. Papillary Conjunctivitis Part V: Limbus 15. Limbal Redness 16. Vascularized Limbal Keratitis 17. Superior Limbic Keratoconjunctivitis Part VI: Corneal Epithelium 18. Corneal Staining 19. Epithelial Microcysts 20. Epithelial Oedema 21. Epithelial Wrinkling Part VII: Corneal Stroma 22. Stromal Oedema 23. Stromal Thinning 24. Deep Stromal Opacities 25. Corneal Neovascularization 26. Corneal Infiltrative Events 27. Microbial Keratitis 28. Corneal Warpage Part VIII: Corneal Endothelium 29. Endothelial Bedewing 30. Endothelial Blebs 31. Endothelial Cell Redistribution 32. Endothelial Polymegethism Appendix A: Grading Scales for Contact Lens Complications Appendix B: Guillon Tear Film Classification System
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