Desempenho visual de lentes de contato gelatinosas de diferentes tipos baseado na análise de frentes de onda

PURPOSE: To evaluate the visual performance by wavefront analyses of six different kinds of soft contact lenses: Cooperflex® (Cooper Vision), Frequency® 55 Aspheric (Cooper Vision), World Vision FW® (World Vision), Pure Vision® (Bausch & Lomb), Focus® Monthly (Ciba Vision) and Focus® Choice AB (...

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Autores: Gatti, Roberta Fagnani [UNIFESP], Lipener, César [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/4666
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492008000700009
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4666
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Myopia
Contact lenses
Cornea
Refraction, ocular
Refractive errors
Visual acuity
Prospective studies
Miopia
Lentes de contato
Refração ocular
Erros de refração
Acuidade visual
Estudos prospectivos
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To evaluate the visual performance by wavefront analyses of six different kinds of soft contact lenses: Cooperflex® (Cooper Vision), Frequency® 55 Aspheric (Cooper Vision), World Vision FW® (World Vision), Pure Vision® (Bausch & Lomb), Focus® Monthly (Ciba Vision) and Focus® Choice AB (Ciba Vision). METHODS: A prospective study was performed with 130 eyes of 71 myopic or hyperopic patients with astigmatism until 1.50 diopter and best corrected visual acuity 20/20 or better. The patients first underwent ophthalmic examination and then wavefront analyses without visual correction and wearing one of the different contact lenses included in the study. The patients were divided into six similar groups, each one tested with one of the six lenses included in the study. RESULTS: Changes at the values of high order aberrations were verified during the use of contact lenses. In 78 (60%) of the 130 analyzed eyes an increase at the RMS (rooth mean square) values during the use of contact lens was detected. All types of analyzed contact lenses showed an increase of coma aberrations due to contact lens use. Frequency® Aspheric and Cooperflex® had the best visual performance in relation to coma. There was a decrease in the medium value of spherical aberrations during the use of contact lenses, higher in myopic patients than in the hyperopic. There was an increase in the other high order aberrations (that exclude the third order coma and fourth order spherical aberration) characterized by the component others on the aberrometry examination. Focus® Choice AB had the best visual performance of this component. CONCLUSION: The use of soft contact lenses modifies the performance of high order aberrations, showing an increase of the medium values of asymmetric Zernike aberrations. This was not observed for symmetric spherical aberrations. No statistically significant differences were observed between the performance of six kinds of lenses included at this study.