The medical use of contact lenses is a solution for many complex ocular conditions,
including high refractive error, irregular astigmatism, primary and secondary corneal ectasia …

Dry eye disease (DED) is prevalent in all age groups and is known to cause chronic ocular
discomfort and pain, and greatly affects the quality of life. Patients with ocular surface …

Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is characterized as an autoimmune disorder targeting secretory
glands, including the lacrimal and salivary glands, causing dry eye and dry mouth …

While scleral lenses have been fitted using diagnostic lenses or impression moulding
techniques for over a century, recent advances in anterior segment imaging such as optical …

Understanding of the molecular pathology of ocular surface disease (OSD) is poor, and
treatment is highly unsatisfactory. To facilitate treatment of OSD, a relatively noninvasive …

Purpose To evaluate the conjunctival/episcleral thickness (CET) and anterior scleral
thickness (AST) in patients with keratoconus with an extended duration of mini-scleral …

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are acute and
potentially fatal inflammatory vesiculobullous reactions that affect the skin and mucous …

Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the exocrine glands
and may lead to a range of systemic symptoms that impact various organs. Both innate and …

Background: The role of scleral contact lenses (SCLs) has increasingly expanded since the
first lens was fitted more than a century ago. While it was initially prescribed for the …

Purpose The study assessed the validity of impression cytology (IC) and in vivo confocal
microscopy (IVCM) of lip mucosa compared with labial gland biopsy, anti-Sjögren's …