Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 196-198 , August 2010

Twenty first century trends in silicone hydrogel contact lens fitting: An international perspective

  • Philip B. Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Eurolens Research, The University of Manchester, Moffat Building, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
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  • Nathan Efron

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, and School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3138 6401; fax: +61 7 3319 6974.
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  • Magne Helland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Optometry and Visual Science, Buskerud University College, P.O. Box 235, N-3603 Kongsberg, Norway
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  • Motozumi Itoi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 3-1-3, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8431, Japan
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  • Deborah Jones

      Affiliations

    • School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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  • Jason J. Nichols

      Affiliations

    • College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, 320 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210-1280, United States
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  • Eef van der Worp

      Affiliations

    • University of Maastricht, P. Debijelaan 25, 6202 AZ Maastricht, the Netherlands
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  • Craig A. Woods

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

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  2. Morgan PB, Efron N, Hill EA, Raynor MK, Whiting MA, Tullo AB. Incidence of keratitis of varying severity among contact lens wearers. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005;89:430–436
  3. Stapleton F, Keay L, Edwards K, Naduvilath T, Dart JK, Brian G, et al. The incidence of contact lens-related microbial keratitis in Australia. Ophthalmology. 2008;115:1655–1662
  4. Covey M, Sweeney DF, Terry R, Sankaridurg PR, Holden BA. Hypoxic effects on the anterior eye of high-Dk soft contact lens wearers are negligible. Optom Vis Sci. 2001;78:95–99
  5. Morgan PB, Efron N. A decade of contact lens prescribing trends in the United Kingdom (1996–2005). Contact Lens Ant Eye. 2006;29:59–68
  6. Morgan PB, Efron N, Helland M, Itoi M, Jones D, Nichols J, et al. Demographics of international contact lens prescribing. Contact Lens Ant Eye; in press: 33.
  7. Kerr C, Ruston D. The ACLM contact lens year book 2009. Wiltshire: Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers Ltd.; 2009;

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.12.011

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 196-198 , August 2010