Image- and Impression-Based Technology in Scleral Lens Fitting for Keratoconus: Availability and Utilization.

IF 2 4区医学 Q2 OPHTHALMOLOGY

Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-29 DOI:10.1097/ICL.0000000000001100

Jennifer Swingle Fogt, Muriel Schornack, Cherie Nau, Jennifer Harthan, Amy Nau, Ellen Shorter

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Abstract

Objective: Scleral lenses (SLs) can be customized using traditional diagnostic lens fitting or by using image- and/or impression-based technologies. This study describes the availability and usage of SL fitting technology in patients with keratoconus.

Methods: An online survey queried practitioners on the mode of practice, country of residence, and estimated number of SL fits completed for keratoconus. Practitioners were asked whether they had access to image- and/or impression-based technology and to estimate the percentage of fits completed using diagnostic fitting, image-based technology, and impression-based technology. Access and usage of technology was compared between academic and community practices, United States and non-United States, and high-volume (≥60 SLs) and low-volume fitters.

Results: 423 practitioners who fit SL for keratoconus participated. Image- and impression-based technologies were more frequently available in academic practices compared with community practices and high-volume compared with low-volume practitioners ( P <0.005). Practitioners with image-based technology used it for a median [interquartile range] 5 [25]% of SL fittings; those with impression-based technology used it for 8 [9]% of fittings, and those with both types of technology used image-based devices for 12 [23]% of fittings and impression-based for 5 [8]% of fittings.

Conclusions: In this study, most participants report using diagnostic lenses to fit SLs for patients with keratoconus.

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Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice OPHTHALMOLOGY-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

4.30%

发文量

150

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Eye & Contact Lens: Science and Clinical Practice is the official journal of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO), an international educational association for anterior segment research and clinical practice of interest to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other vision care providers and researchers. Focusing especially on contact lenses, it also covers dry eye disease, MGD, infections, toxicity of drops and contact lens care solutions, topography, cornea surgery and post-operative care, optics, refractive surgery and corneal stability (eg, UV cross-linking). Peer-reviewed and published six times annually, it is a highly respected scientific journal in its field.