orthokeratology
Also known as corneal reshaping, night lenses, ortho-K, OK, Overnight Vision Correction, Corneal Refractive Therapy, CRT, accelerated orthokeretology
thumb|right|Orthokeratology lens Orthokeratology, also referred to as Night lenses, Ortho-K, OK, Overnight Vision Correction, Corneal Refractive Therapy (CRT), Accelerated Orthokeretology, Cornea Corrective Contacts, Eccentricity Zero Molding, and Gentle Vision Shaping System (GVSS), is the use of gas-permeable contact lenses that temporarily reshape the cornea to reduce refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
Research
1,291 papers- Overnight orthokeratology.Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2020
- Myopia and orthokeratology for myopia control.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2019
- Optical changes and visual performance with orthokeratology.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2020
- Efficacy of atropine, orthokeratology, and combined atropine with orthokeratology for childhood myopia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi · 2022
- Orthokeratology in controlling myopia of children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC ophthalmology · 2023
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Professional organizations
- Research into slowing of myopia progression in children
- Mechanism and use
- Adaptation, success rates, and discontinuation
- Health considerations
- Indications and counter-indications
- Adverse effects
- Lens types
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Orthokeratology lens Orthokeratology, also referred to as Night lenses, Ortho-K, OK, Overnight Vision Correction, Corneal Refractive Therapy (CRT), Accelerated Orthokeretology, Cornea Corrective Contacts, Eccentricity Zero Molding, and Gentle Vision Shaping System (GVSS), is the use of gas-permeable contact lenses that temporarily reshape the cornea to reduce refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
==History== Doctors discovered the reshaping phenomena of glass lenses as early as the 1940s. This history of orthokeratology includes contributions made by multiple authors to the use of contact lenses for myopia reduction.