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Orthokeratology: Latest Research & Reviews
Below you can find the latest independent clinical research, studies reviews, press coverage and news about Orthokeratology/Orthok.
VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH RENOWNED EXPERT
Professor Helen Swarbrick, UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Australia
ORTHOKERATOLOGY PRESS REVIEWS
There have been many favourbale press reviews about iGO Orthok Overnight Vision Correction written by leading journalists in the UK national press. Belwo is a selection Read all news and reviews
ORTHOKERATOLOGY COSTS
The cost of Orthok treatment is similar to other premium quality contact lenses. Treatment is available as a one off annula lump sum or on a monthly annual direct debit care plan. For as little as £1.33 per day you can enjoyperfectvision 24/7 and freedom from contact lenses and glasses during the day. Orthok overnight vison correction gives you all the benefits of laser surgery without the risk. Find out more about the cost of Orthok
ORTHOKERATOLOGY: LATEST CLINICAL REASEARCH
backThis US study compared 28 short-sighted children aged 8 to 11 who had undergone Overnight Vision Correction (OVC) treatment and subsequently worn overnight ortho-k corrective contact lenses for two years against an equivalent group wearing conventional soft contact lenses. After two years, the results for children wearing OVC lenses showed that their eye elongation – which determines focusing – had increased modestly and was almost 60% less than that experienced by children who had been wearing conventional soft lenses thus indicating that OVC had slowed down the further progression of short-sight.
Methods: Forty subjects were fitted with corneal reshaping contact lenses. All subjects were 8 to 11 years and had between -0.75 D and -4.00 D myopia with less than 1.00 D astigmatism. Subjects were age-matched to a soft contact lens wearer from another myopia control study. A-scan ultrasound was performed at baseline and annually for 2 years.
Results: Twenty-eight of 40 (70%) subjects wore corneal reshaping contact lenses for 2 years. The refractive error and axial length were similar between the two groups at baseline. The corneal reshaping group had an annual rate of change in axial lengths that was significantly less than the soft contact lens wearers (mean difference in annual change = 0.16 mm, p = 0.0004). Vitreous chamber depth experienced similar changes (mean difference in annual change = 0.10 mm, p = 0.006).
Conclusion: Results confirm previous reports of slowed eye growth following corneal reshaping contact lens wear.
June 2009 British Journal of Opthalmology. J J Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO, L A Jones, L T Sinnott
For full article go to: British Journal of Ophthalmology
