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integrity and transparency of the cornea. Under these circumstances checker<br />
board scraping of fungal ulcers calls for no extra infrastructural support. All<br />
that is needed is the existing slit lamp and the Bard Parker Blade no 15. This<br />
New Approach To Management Of <strong>Cornea</strong>l Ulcers By DEBRIDEMENT has<br />
improved healing and decreased morbidity to a great extent; lesser number of<br />
eyes are lost to therapeutic PKs and evisceration .<br />
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Colored Cosmetic Contact Lenses: Cosmesis<br />
and Complication, Hand in Hand<br />
Dr. Shwetambari Singh, Dr. Ravindra Vhankade, Dr. Dipali Satani,<br />
Dr. Amit Patel<br />
Use of colored cosmetic contact lens is well known latest fad of young<br />
generation. Manufacturers are targeting and attracting youth market by<br />
providing various colors and patterns of cosmetic contact lenses. Influential<br />
commercials and easy availability has lead to dramatic increase in trend<br />
of wearing cosmetic lenses even in youngsters of middle to lower socioeconomic<br />
classes. Many of these young users are unaware and uninformed<br />
about the proper use and care of contact lenses. Noted here are 13 patients<br />
who developed severe infectious keratitis following use of decorative lenses.<br />
All the patients were ignorant about the precautions, hygiene measures and<br />
complications related to contact lens use.<br />
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