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Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol ; 236(5): 354-8, 1998 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9602319

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The ability of the tear ferning test to predict future hydrophilic contact lens tolerance was studied. METHODS: The tear ferning test (TFT) was performed on one randomly chosen eye of each of the 116 subjects who came to our contact lens clinic for hydrophilic contact lens application. The TFT was performed at the time of enrollment (TO) and then 1 month (T1), 3 months (T2) and 6 months (T3) after contact lens fitting. The specificity and the sensitivity of the TFT in identifying future contact lens tolerance was then studied. The statistical significance of the differences in behavior through the study period among the subjects with different pre-fitting TFT results was evaluated by means of survival curves. RESULTS: When only type I ferning was considered as a marker of good tear film conditions, the ability of the TFT to forecast contact lens tolerance had 78.95% sensitivity, 78.35% specificity and 78.45% diagnostic precision. The TFT showed sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 86.6% and diagnostic precision of 97.4% when performed after 1 month of contact lens wearing (T1). Survival curve analysis showed a statistically significant difference in behavior between the group of subjects with pre-fitting ferning type I and the other three groups (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The TFT appears to have good sensitivity and specific for prediction of contact lens tolerance in a clinical setting.


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Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic , Tears/chemistry , Crystallization , Dry Eye Syndromes/diagnosis , Forecasting , Humans , Mucus/chemistry , Osmolar Concentration , Sensitivity and Specificity
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Radiol Med ; 84(5): 630-5, 1992 Nov.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1335591

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Since June 1991, a Cyclotron unit with a proton beam of 65 MeV has been working at the Institute Antoine Lacassagne in Nice, France. An international cooperative group has been founded to guarantee the thorough exploitation of the facility through complete cooperation. From June 17 to December 20, 1991, 47 patients with uveal melanoma were treated; 4 of them entered the study by means of the Italian team and were treated in cooperation with the Cyclotron staff. Treatment modalities and preliminary observations are described.


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Melanoma/radiotherapy , Protons , Uveal Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cyclotrons/instrumentation , Female , France , Humans , Male , Melanoma/complications , Methods , Middle Aged , Radiotherapy Dosage , Uveal Neoplasms/complications
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