[Use of soft contact lenses in the treatment of corneal erosions].

The author gives an account of favourable experience with gel contact lenses, produced locally, in the treatment of traumatic corneal erosions. Patients treated by means of therapeutic contact lenses recovered more rapidly (by 1.2 days, as compared with a control group treated by covering the eye). The great advantage of the contact lens method is that the patients could use the injured eye during treatment. In some instances even work incapacity was not necessary. Contact lenses can be resterilized and the cost of treatment is relatively small. Daily check-ups are, however, necessary and contact lenses should be inserted by an experienced ophthalmologist.