Corneal Collagen Cross Linking - PLUS

The management of keratoconus and post – LASIK ectasia included until recently spectacle correction, Hard Fitted Gas Permeable Contact Lenses, Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments. All these interventions are purely symptomatic and their only aim is the improvement of visual function of patients, without interfering with the pathophysiology of the ectatic disorders. The only actual treatment for these entities, was either Lammelar or Penetrating Keratoplasty, especially in advanced cases. Even though, corneal keratoplasty offers the only treatment approach it demonstrates several disadvantages, such as slow visual rehabilitation and graft rejection, issues which interfere with patients quality of life both in the short and long term after surgery.