Mini-scleral lenses improved visual functioning, visual acuity and socioemotional health in patients with keratoconus, according to a prospective, interventional study.
“Mini-scleral lenses offer not only improvement of visual acuity but also improvement of vision-related quality of life in patients with keratoconus,” first author Elke O. Kreps, MD, PhD, told Healio/OSN.
In the study, patients with keratoconus who visited contact lens clinics at Antwerp University and Ghent University hospitals in Belgium between June 2018 and July 2019 underwent a first-time mini-scleral lens