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Background Wearing of orthokeratology contact lens can slow down the development of myopia,especially in childhood.However,if wearing orthokeratology contact lens for long-term affect the corneal health is worthy of consideration.Objective This study was to evaluate the security of wearing orthokeratology contact lens in children.Methods A retrospective case-observational study was adopted.One hundred and fifty eyes of 76 myopic children aged 8-15 years were enrolled in Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital during December,2009 to December,2011.Orthokeratology contact lens were worn at night for 8-10 hours daily.Area of corneal endothelial cells,density of corneal endothelial cells,coefficient of variation of corneal endothelial cells and percentage of hexagonal cells were measured before wearing and 3,6,12,24 months after wearing.Repeated measurement of single factor analysis of variance was used to evaluate the changes of corneal endothelial cells after wearing of orthokeratology contact lens.Results No significant differences were found in the area of corneal endothelial cells and density of corneal endothelial cells among the different time points (F =11.34,P＞0.05 ; F =7.16,P＞0.05).A significant difference was seen in the coefficient of variation of corneal endothelial cells at various time points in the children(F=12.70,P=0.02),and the coefficient of variation of corneal endothelial cells was 0.36±0.02 24 months after wearing lens,which was higher than 0.28 ±0.05 before wearing lens (P＜0.05).In addition,the percentage of hexagonal cells in different time points was significantly different (F=13.40,P =0.04),and the percentages of hexagonal cells at 12 hours and 24 months after wearing lens were (62±12)％ and (60±14)％ respectively,which was significantly lower than (69±12)％ before wearing lens (P＜0.05).Conclusions Wearing of orthokeratology contact lens for over one year leads to the decrease of percentage of hexagonal cells and increase of coefficient of variation of corneal endothelial cells.
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OBJETIVO: Analisar o nível de conhecimento dos usuários de lentes de contato entre os estudantes de medicina da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (SP) quanto aos cuidados, formas de uso, às complicações e à aquisição das lentes. MÉTODOS: Foi aplicado um questionário a todos os alunos usuários de lentes de contato do 1º ao 6º ano de medicina da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (SP), analisando-se por fim os resultados encontrados. Todos os questionários aplicados foram respondidos. RESULTADOS: 61 estudantes responderam ao questionário. 52,5% afirmaram já terem tido algum tipo de complicação ocular decorrente do uso de lentes de contato. Apesar de a maioria (70,5%) estar satisfeito com o uso das lentes de contato, 67% dos que responderam ao questionário estão esperando o grau estabilizar para realizar cirurgia para correção de grau. CONCLUSÃO: Observou-se uma adaptação inadequada, aquisição de lentes de contato em ópticas ou farmácias e complicações oculares graves ocorreram em usuários de lentes de contato considerados diferenciados. Podemos concluir que o médico oftalmologista deverá dar mais atenção ao tema, para que haja menos complicações ao realizar adaptações de lentes de contato.
PURPOSE: To analyze the care, complications and way of acquisition related to contact lenses wear among medical students from Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (Santo André -SP). METHODS: Questionnaire applied to medical students from the first to the sixth year from Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (Santo André -SP) was analyzed. RESULTS: 61 medical studants answered the questionnaire. 52,5% reported some ocular complications. Despite the majority (70,5%) contact lenses wear being satisfied about the contact lenses, 67% wants to operate their ametropy. CONCLUSION: An inadequate adaptation and ocular complications occurs even in users knowledgeable about this issue. Ophthalmologist must be paid more attention to contact lens care in order to prevent ocular complications.