So popular was the first edition of this book that it had to be reprinted 3 months after it was published. In this eagerly awaited second edition, Nathan Efron presents an updated and expanded practitioner-friendly account of how to identify, understand and manage ocular complications of contact lens wear. With its succinct, easy-to-read style and vast array of superb full-colour schematic diagrams and clinical pictures, practitioners will find this book to be the perfect combination of chair-side manual and authoritative reference.
Features
Lavish design and systematic approach will give you instant access to information in the form of handy tables and reference charts - ideal for revision or in a busy clinic
Numerous full colour illustrations further explain the clear and succinct text
Unique grading scales which have been widely adopted and allow you to keep accurate records and monitor progress
All material is organized in the way in which you will see it in the clinic - by slit lamp appearances and tissue pathologies so that you do not need to hunt for the information
An invaluable CD-Rom which acts as a teaching tool and grading tutor to practice your grading abilities
Gain information quickly from the clear text by a world authority on the subject who has the gift of explaining information in a clear and straightforward, highly organized way
What's New
Reorganised for greater clarity
Redesigned for immediate access to the information
New information on: mucus balls, conjunctival staining, vascularized limbal keratitis, vacuoles, wrinkling, thinning of the corneal stroma and deep stromal opacities
A wealth of new full colour clinical illustrations
A CD-ROM which has been updated and revised to include grading morphs and a grading tutor
Totally updated and revised to encompass our most recent understanding in the light of new research findings, technological developments and updates in contact lens materials

Contact lens complications quick-find index
Part I Eye examination
Slit lamp biomicroscopy
Part II Eyelids
2. Blinking abnormalities
3. Eyelid ptosis
4. Meibomian gland dysfunction
5. Eyelash disorders
Part III Tear film
6. Dry eye
7. Mucin balls
Part IV Conjunctiva
8. Conjunctival staining
9. Conjunctival redness
10. Papillary conjunctivitis
Part V Limbus
11. Limbal redness
12. Vascularized limbal keratitis
13. Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis
Part VI Corneal epithelium
14. Corneal staining
15. Epithelial microcysts
16. Epithelial oedema
17. Epithelial wrinkling
Part VII Corneal stroma
18. Stromal oedema
19. Stromal thinning
20. Deep stromal opacities
21. Corneal neovascularisation
22. Sterile keratitis
23. Microbial keratitis
24. Corneal warpage
Part VIII Corneal endothelium
25. Endothelial bedewing
26. Endothelial blebs
27. Endothelial cell loss
28. Endothelial polymegethism
Part IX Grading systems
29. Grading scales
30. Grading morphs
Appendix A Grading scales for contact lens complications
Appendix B Guillon tear film classification system
Index

Nathan Efron, BScOptom PhD (Melbourne) DSc (UMIST) MCOptom FAAO (Dip CL) FIACLE FCLSA FVCO MILT, Professor of Clinical Optometry and Director of Eurolens Research, Department of Optometry and Neuroscience, UMIST, Manchester, UK