Publications by authors named "R Pagot"
Introduction: microbial keratitis is a significant health concern for the one million wearers of contact lenses and their ophthalmologists, with some potentially modifiable risk factors. The number of risk factors for contact lens-related microbial keratitis has been described, but many of them still remain assumed or unknown.
Patients And Methods: a multicenter prospective case-control study was conducted in 12 French university hospitals (Besançon, Bordeaux, Dijon, Fort-de-France, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Nancy, Nantes, Paris, Marseille and Strasbourg) beginning in July 2007 on contact lens wearers presenting with microbial keratitis and on healthy contact lens wearers.
Purpose: To report the wearer experience, biomicroscopy signs, and stability of refractive error after 3 years' use of lotrafilcon A lenses.
Methods: Seventy-four subjects from a multicenter clinical trial with lotrafilcon A lenses were queried on aspects of lens wear. Biomicroscopy signs and refractive error were compared to baseline measurements.
Purpose: This article reports the subjective results of a study comparing extended-wear high-oxygen permeable (HDk) silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses with low-oxygen permeable (LDk) hydroxyethyl methacrylate lenses.
Methods: Six practitioners in France enrolled 134 subjects in this 4-month, open-label, multicenter, prospective, randomized, cross-over study. Subjects were randomized to receive prescriptions of either an HDk lotrafilcon A or an LDk etafilcon A soft contact lens.
Purpose: This article reports clinical results comparing a high-oxygen permeable (HDk) silicone hydrogel soft contact lens with a low-oxygen permeable (LDk) soft hydroxyethyl methacrylate contact lens when worn on an extended-wear basis.
Methods: Six practitioners in France enrolled 134 subjects in this 4-month, open-label, multicenter, prospective, randomized, cross-over study. Subjects were randomized to receive either an HDk lotrafilcon A or an LDk etafilcon A soft contact lens.