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Could a toric soft lens that truly met the needs of astigmats be a game changer in contact lens practice? Alison Ewbank joined a roundtable meeting of experienced practitioners to hear their views

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Addressing unmet needs was the key issue for a panel of contact lens practitioners convened by Bausch + Lomb for a roundtable meeting in Berkshire. The meeting brought together practitioners from The Netherlands, Belgium and the UK to discuss B + L's new toric soft lens, PureVision2 HD for Astigmatism.

Optometrist Imran Khan, until recently based in Holland, set the scene. Clinical success with toric soft lenses might be regarded as reading 6/6 on the Snellen chart and no lens rotation at the slit lamp. Functional success, on the other hand, required a patient-centred approach, more concerned with quality of life and satisfaction with vision correction, and in everyday situations rather than in the consulting room.

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