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What has been your experience with occluder contact lenses for intractable diplopia?

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Ophthalmology · Jackson Eye Associates

Poor, I’ve had better luck with scotch tape on one glasses lens placed in the center. It usually only needs a piece about an inch by an inch. This allows peripheral vision. Unfortunately, many don’t want to do this.

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Ophthalmology · Center For Advanced Eye Care

If you're doing SCL, might as well do monovision.
IF they tolerate it, no diplopia. And gives a useful vision.
I use any daily lens.

Fogging with a + SCL works fine, but I have never had a patient do it long-term.

For tape and glasses, I use semi-opaque surgical tape on the back of the patient's glas...

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