5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Over a 6-year study, prescribing trends shifted from large-diameter scleral lenses to mini-scleral designs, except in keratoplasty patients.

• 2

  60.8% of evaluated scleral lenses were mini-scleral designs, while 39.2% were large scleral designs.

• 3

  The use of mini-scleral lenses increased significantly from 44% in 2016 to 74% in 2022 for all indications except keratoplasty.

• 4

  99.8% of scleral lens fittings utilized toric landing zones, reflecting the anatomical shape of the sclera.

• 5

  The introduction of the bi-tangential mini-scleral lens in 2018 may have contributed to the increased preference for mini-scleral designs.