Keeping the patient on board at the BCLA

In this second summary of key moments at this year’s BCLA conference, Optician reports on developments in presbyopia correction and maintenance of the optimal wearing environment

There is no doubt that contact lens correction of presbyopia has made major strides forward in recent years and this was reflected at this year’s BCLA, both in the lectures and research programme and the exhibition.

Presbyopia correction is no longer a matter of preparing the patient for monovision. Indeed, in one research finding presented, researchers found greater areas of focus in the intermediate and near zones for multifocal contact lens vision correction in comparison to monovision correction. Lead researcher Dr Robert Montes-Mico (Valencia) confirmed: ‘Our results suggest that multifocal contact lenses provide better visual performance than monovision for established presbyopes.’