Rewetting Drops Containing Surface Active Agents Improve the Clinical Performance of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses

• Published in: Optometry and vision science Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 143 - 151
• Main Authors: SUBBARAMAN, LAKSHMAN N., BAYER, SIMONE, GEPR, STAATL, GLASIER, MARY-ANN, LORENTZ, HOLLY, SENCHYNA, MICHELLE, JONES, LYNDON
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.03.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Western; Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear; Cross-Over Studies; Dry Eye Syndromes - metabolism; Dry Eye Syndromes - prevention & control; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Follow-Up Studies; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Hydrogels; Medical sciences; Muramidase - analysis; Ophthalmic Solutions; Prospective Studies; Prosthesis Design; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Refractive Errors - therapy; Silicones; Surface-Active Agents - administration & dosage; Tears - chemistry; Treatment Outcome; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Performance evaluation; Contact lens; rewetting drops; Instrumentation therapy; protein deposition; Protein; Surface; Colloidal gel; silicone hydrogel contact lens; lotrafilcon A; Comfort; Hydrogel; Ophthalmology; Performance; Siloxane polymer; Deposition

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of using a rewetting drop (RWD) containing surface active agents (OPTI-FREE RepleniSH; Alcon, Fort Worth, TX) on the clinical performance and protein deposition when using a continuous-wear (CW) silicone hydrogel (SH) contact lens. Subjects wor...