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Secondary objectives include evaluating visual acuity gain in patients who failed to adapt to the lenses, and in those with one or more corneal opacities.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This monocentric, retrospective, observational study included keratoconus patients treated at the CHU of Clermont-Ferrand. Patients underwent initial adaptation to SPOT\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      lenses between June 2017 and June 2024. Exclusion criteria included ophthalmological conditions that could impair visual acuity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 257 eyes from 150 patients were analyzed. Of these, 193 eyes fitted with SPOT\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      scleral lenses were included in the primary analysis. The mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved from 0.61\u2009\u00b1\u20090.59 -LogMAR before adaptation to 0.11\u2009\u00b1\u20090.14 -LogMAR after, with an average gain of 5 lines. Significant differences (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05) in visual acuity were observed across all stages, except between stages I and II before adaptation, and between stages I and II, and II and III after adaptation. Significant differences (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05) in visual acuity gain were found between each stage, except between stages I and II.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The success of scleral lens adaptation is closely linked to improved visual acuity, particularly in the more advanced stages of the disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/11206721261434096","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]],"date-time":"2026-04-16T12:20:58Z","timestamp":1776342058000},"page":"1291-1300","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Visual rehabilitation using SPOT\n                    <sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\n                    scleral lenses in patients with keratoconus"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"36","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6047-5994","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nabil","family":"Benmahmoud","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xavier","family":"Reynaud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u00e9bastien","family":"Cambier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Biostatistics, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric","family":"Chiambaretta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfo.2013.05.004"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/0301-4738.116054"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","unstructured":"Omer K. \u00c9pid\u00e9miologie du k\u00e9ratoc\u00f4ne dans le monde ; Disponible sur: https:\/\/openophthalmologyjournal.com\/VOLUME\/12\/PAGE\/289\/."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6257(97)00119-7"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/APO.0000000000000332"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.IJO_1191_19"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/eye.2013.278"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clae.2021.101559"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/25158414221101718"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajo.2020.09.040"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_12_2","unstructured":"pnds_keratocone_sensgene__15_nov_2021_vfinale.pdf. 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