Practitioners discuss potential of Ortho K

Ortho K is increasingly being used in Asia as a way of slowing the progression of myopia in children, according to feedback gathered from practitioners using the system.

Practitioners from around the world who offer Ortho K met in Holland recently to exchange information on how the night-time, reverse geometry RGP lenses were fitted in their countries and the kinds of people taking up the system.

The most striking trend was the rapid use of Ortho K on children in the Far East. In Hong Kong 90 per cent of users are children and in Taiwan children make up 80 per cent and young adults 19 per cent.