This article will review the use of specialist contact lenses to fit complex cases in a hospital contact lens clinic setting. The article will discuss rigid gas permeable contact lenses, scleral contact lenses, soft custom-made hydrogel contact lenses and hybrid rigid gas permeable contact lenses. It will also present two patient case studies. The following types of contact lens will be discussed:

• Rigid permeable contact lenses
• Semi-scleral or scleral contact lenses
• Soft custom-made hydrogel contact lenses
• Hybrid rigid gas permeable contact lenses

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