Assessment of corneal thickness and tear meniscus during contact-lens wear

• Published in: Contact lens & anterior eye Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 185 - 193
• Main Authors: Del Águila-Carrasco, Antonio J., Ferrer-Blasco, Teresa, García-Lázaro, Santiago, Esteve-Taboada, José J., Montés-Micó, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Contact lenses; Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; Cornea; Cornea - metabolism; Cornea - pathology; Corneal thickness; Female; Humans; Male; Myopia - diagnosis; Myopia - metabolism; Myopia - therapy; OCT; Ophthalmology; Surface Properties; Tear meniscus volume; Tears - chemistry; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Young Adult; Tear meniscus volume; OCT; Cornea; Contact lenses; Corneal thickness

•Central and mid-peripheral corneal thickness, and tear meniscus volume were assessed during contact lens wear.•An ocular coherence tomography based device was used for the evaluation.•Seven daily disposable contact lenses were studied, plus the naked eye scenario.•No clinically significant differen...