Effect of rigid gas permeable contact lens on keratoconus progression: a review

作     者：Xiao-Han Zhang Xuan Li 

作者机构：Clinical College of OphthalmologyTianjin Medical UniversityTianjin Eye HospitalTianjin Eye InstituteTianjin Key Lab of Ophthalmology and Visual ScienceTianjinChina 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第13卷第7期

页      面：1124-1131页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81670837,No.81170828) the Tianjin Science&Technology Foundation(No.15JCZDJC35300) the Tianjin Health and Family Planning Communication Foundation(No.14KG133) 

主　　题：rigid gas permeable keratoconus contact lens 

摘      要：The prevalence of keratoconus is 1/2000 in the general population and is high in *** is a progressive disease,which has a great impact on patients’quality of life and mental *** can be managed by surgical and non-surgical means,rigid gas permeable(RGP)contact lens as its main non-surgical method is widely used in *** efficacy of wearing RGP contact lens has been confirmed to some extent,but some studies have found that wearing RGP contact lens has adverse effects,which may promote disease *** this paper,the advantages and disadvantages of RGP contact lens in controlling keratoconus were reviewed to provide more suggestions and references for the clinical application of RGP contact lens.