Six-Month Evaluation of Extended Wear Soft Contact Lenses Among Armored Troops. Part 1. Clinical Findings

Abstract

This report addresses the clinical aspects of wearing contact lenses in an operational military environment. Male volunteers in an armored division wore extended-wear soft contact lenses (SCLs) or spectacles for up to 6 months, participating fully in their units' normal activities. Seventy-four percent of those successfully fitted with SCLs wore their lenses for the duration of the study, when administrative losses were factored out. More than one-third of the SCL wearers experienced one or more ocular conditions requiring at least a temporary suspension of lens wear. Corneal edema and corneal staining occurred rarely at clinically significant levels. Higher than expected rates of corneal vascularization were most likely influenced by measurement criteria. Relatively frequency conjunctival injection appeared to be largely due to local environmental factors. Keywords: Contact lenses; Military environments; Vision correction; Ocular physiology. Reprints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA219282

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  • Bruce C. Leibrecht
  • Dudley R. Price
  • Gerald A. Bentley
  • John K. Crosley
  • Patrick M. Leas
  • William G. Bachman

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  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

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  • Biomedical

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  • Air Force
  • Artillery
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Corneal Diseases
  • Environment
  • Eye
  • Eye Diseases
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Ocular Physiology
  • Physiology
  • Weapons

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