Silicone Hydrogels

Continuous Wear Contact Lenses

Deborah F. Sweeney (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

332 Seiten

2004 | 2nd Revised edition
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-8779-9 (ISBN)

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Contains material which has far-reaching implications for those prescribing and fitting continuous wear contact lenses. This book provides the scientific background, clinical practice and reviews various lenses.

Completely updated and revised, this contemporary and authoritative text now contains important new material which has far-reaching implications for all those prescribing and fitting continuous wear contact lenses. Balanced, critical and informative, this book provides the scientific background, clinical practice and reviews the latest lenses available. It is a book you must read before considering prescribing or fitting continuous wear contact lenses.

Foreword Preface Contributors' list 1.Silicone Hydrogel materials - how do they work? 2.The Epithelium in extended wear 3.Why HEMA failed 4.Inflammation, infection and the effects of the closed eye 5.Tear exchange - does it matter? 6.Clinical performance of silicone hydrogel lenses 7.Adverse events and infections: which ones and how many? 8.Review of current lenses Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.6.2004
Zusatzinfo	157 ills.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	865 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
ISBN-10	0-7506-8779-7 / 0750687797
ISBN-13	978-0-7506-8779-9 / 9780750687799
Zustand	Neuware