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<strong>Cornea</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Papers</strong><br />

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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