The patient standing to my right is Ignacio, who recently visited our
office from Santiago, Chile. Ignacio is extremely nearsighted with
distorted corneas due to
keratoconus. Several years ago, Ignacio's left
eye suffered a retinal detachment requiring a surgical procedure known
as a "scleral buckle".
A complication of this surgery is an elevated
conjunctiva/sclera ( the white portion of the eye seen on the left in
this photo). To allow Ignacio to see clearly we fit both of h
is
eyes with a GVR Scleral lens. To address the issue of the uneven ocular
tissue, we had to have the edge of the lens "notched" to go around this
area of the eye. Look carefully and you can see this part of the lens
which was cut and polished by a very skilled scleral lens craftsman.
Ignacio's vision and comfort with his scleral lenses is excellent. In
this photo on the left is our student extern Julie Kim and on the right
our other student extern Samy Bensbaa.
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