Authors: Su Leqi, Zhang Tiemin, Tan Xiaobo
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The corneal contact bandage lens has gained clinicians acceptance for their wearing comfort and definite curative effects in ocular surface protection and damage reparation.Recently, application fields of contact bandage lens are still expanding with continuous exploration and development of new materials and function.To non-infectious ocular surface diseases, bandage lens obviously alleviate irritate symptoms and accelerate tissue healing.The application of bandage lens in infectious ocular surface diseases remains controversial.The bandage lens has become a routine intervention of ocular trauma and corneal perforation.It can also improve ocular surface microenvironment after the surgery of glaucoma, cataract, pterygium, corneal transplantation and refraction.It is an adjuvant therapy for aniridia, dry eye and children ocular surface diseases.This review summarized the history, current corneal contact bandage lens in preventing and treating ocular surface diseases.