Cost effectiveness of collagen crosslinking for progressive keratoconus in the UK NHS
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Collagen Crosslinking for Keratoconus
In this issue of JOVR, Derakhshan and co-authors 1 describe the results of crosslinking for patients with early keratoconus. Collagen crosslinking is a recently described technique of corneal tissue strengthening using riboflavin as a photosensitizer and ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation to promote the formation of intra-and interfibrillar covalent bonds by photosensitized oxidation. 2 To date, it ...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the Efficacy of Corneal Crosslinkage (CXL), using Corneal Topography, in eyes with progressive Keratoconus. METHODS This randomized control trial was conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan from October 2013 to April 2014. A total of 60 eyes of 30 patients were included who presented with bilateral progressive Keratoconus. Each eye of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2015.151