E.A. EZHOVA, S.V. BALALIN

The Volgograd Branch of the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, 80 Zemlyachki Str., Volgograd, Russian Federation, 400138 

Ezhova E.A. ― ophthalmologist, tel. (8442) 58-15-95, e-mail: mntk@isee.ru

Balalin S.V. ― D. Med. Sc., Head of Research Department, tel. (8442) 56-16-44, e-mail: mntk@isee. ru

The research has been performed of clinical and functional parameters of eyes using orthokeratology lenses (OKL) in 42 patients with myopia. Using OKL during 7 days showed a significant increase in uncorrected visual acuity, UCVA, as well as less severe epithelial change in group 2 (using keratoprotectors) compared with group 1 (without keratoprotectors). Clinical-functional indicators prove the end of the «stress» period of adaptation in the cornea after 1 month of OKL application.

Key words: myopia, OKL, higher order aberrations, confocal microscopy.

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