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Int J Med Sci 2019; 16(2):198-202. doi:10.7150/ijms.30118 This issue Cite

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Retardation of Myopia Progression by Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses

Qin Zhu1, Yongsong Liu2, Sean Tighe3, Yingting Zhu3, Xuanbo Su1, Fabing Lu1, Min Hu1✉

1. Department of Ophthalmology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (the Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province); Yunnan Eye Institute; Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province for the Prevention and Treatment of ophthalmology (2017DG008); Provincial Innovation Team for Cataract and Ocular Fundus Disease, The Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province (2017HC010); Expert Workstation of Yao Ke (2017IC064), Kunming 650021, China
2. Yan'An Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650051, China
3. Tissue Tech, Inc., Ocular Surface Center, and Ocular Surface Research & Education Foundation, Miami, FL, 33173 USA

✉ Corresponding author: Min Hu, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650021, China; Telephone: 0118615087162600; Fax: 011860871-65156650 More

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Zhu Q, Liu Y, Tighe S, Zhu Y, Su X, Lu F, Hu M. Retardation of Myopia Progression by Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses. Int J Med Sci 2019; 16(2):198-202. doi:10.7150/ijms.30118. https://www.medsci.org/v16p0198.htm
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Abstract

Myopia is an important public health problem due to its prevalence and significant public health cost. Elevating levels of myopia increase the risk of vision impairment, and therefore, high myopia has become one of the main causes of untreatable vision loss throughout the world due to its irreversible complications. At present, many options for slowing progression of myopia have already been proposed and evaluated such as progressive addition of executive bifocal spectacle lenses, peripheral defocusing lenses, overnight orthokeratology, pharmacological agents such as atropine eye drops, and multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCLs). Use of MFSCLs has especially increased in recent years due to the growing demand to slow myopia progression during patient's adolescent growth period to avoid pathological myopia in adulthood. Compared with the other traditional methods of controlling myopia, MFSCLs allow myopic patients to better maintain their clear visual quality and slow myopia progression. In this manuscript, we aim to review the basics of myopia, recent advances in contact lenses to control myopia with emphasis on MFSCLs, define the elements for proper MFSCL fittings (such as pupil size, aberrations, accommodation and centering), discuss the potential rebound effect after discontinuation of contact lenses, and future directions for improvements of contact lenses for the control of myopia.

Keywords: Multifocal soft contact lenses, Myopia, Progression

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Zhu, Q., Liu, Y., Tighe, S., Zhu, Y., Su, X., Lu, F., Hu, M. (2019). Retardation of Myopia Progression by Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 16(2), 198-202. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.30118.

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Zhu, Q.; Liu, Y.; Tighe, S.; Zhu, Y.; Su, X.; Lu, F.; Hu, M. Retardation of Myopia Progression by Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2019, 16 (2), 198-202. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.30118.

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Zhu Q, Liu Y, Tighe S, Zhu Y, Su X, Lu F, Hu M. Retardation of Myopia Progression by Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses. Int J Med Sci 2019; 16(2):198-202. doi:10.7150/ijms.30118. https://www.medsci.org/v16p0198.htm

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Zhu Q, Liu Y, Tighe S, Zhu Y, Su X, Lu F, Hu M. 2019. Retardation of Myopia Progression by Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses. Int J Med Sci. 16(2):198-202.

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