Corneal cross-linking

JB Randleman, SS Khandelwal, F Hafezi - Survey of ophthalmology, 2015 - Elsevier
Since its inception in the late 1990s, corneal cross-linking has grown from an interesting
concept to a primary treatment for corneal ectatic disease worldwide. Using a combination of …

History of Corneal Cross-Linking

F Hafezi, S Kling, NL Hafezi, ME Aydemir, NJ Lu… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Corneal cross-linking (CXL) has profoundly changed the management of keratoconus and
other ectatic corneal diseases. Introduced in the late 1990s, CXL marked the first effective …

Customized corneal cross-linking: one-year results

TG Seiler, I Fischinger, T Koller, D Zapp… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the efficacy of customized corneal cross-linking (CXL) with standard
CXL. Design Prospective, nonrandomized comparative clinical study. Methods In a …

Individualized corneal cross-linking with riboflavin and UV-A in ultrathin corneas: the Sub400 protocol

F Hafezi, S Kling, F Gilardoni, N Hafezi, M Hillen… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine whether corneal cross-linking (CXL) with individualized fluence
(“sub400 protocol”) is able to stop keratoconus (KC) progression in ultrathin corneas with 12 …

High fluence increases the antibacterial efficacy of PACK cross-linking

S Kling, FS Hufschmid, EA Torres-Netto… - Cornea, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Photoactivated chromophore for keratitis cross-linking (PACK-CXL) is used as an
adjunct therapy to antibiotic medication in infectious keratitis. This experimental study aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Suppl-1, M7: A Review of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking–Current Trends in Practice Applications

L Lim, EWL Lim - The Open Ophthalmology Journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To review the literature on current applications of corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
(CXL). Methods: A review of publications on corneal cross-linking was conducted. This …

Profile of microbial keratitis after corneal collagen cross‐linking

R Shetty, L Kaweri, RMMA Nuijts… - BioMed Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. To report the profile of microbial keratitis occurring after corneal collagen cross‐
linking (CXL) in keratoconus patients. Methods. A retrospective analysis of 2350 patients …

Optimizing corneal cross-linking in the treatment of keratoconus: a comparison of outcomes after standard-and high-intensity protocols

AB Cummings, R McQuaid, S Naughton, E Brennan… - Cornea, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate and compare the safety and efficacy of accelerated (AXL) and
standard corneal cross-linking (CXL) protocols in patients with progressive keratoconus …

Long-term stability with the Athens protocol (topography-guided partial PRK combined with cross-linking) in pediatric patients with keratoconus

AJ Kanellopoulos, F Vingopoulos, AM Sideri - Cornea, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and stability of topography-guided partial PRK
combined with corneal cross-linking (CXL)(the Athens Protocol [AP]) in pediatric patients …

Visual and topographic improvement with epithelium-on, oxygen-supplemented, customized corneal cross-linking for progressive keratoconus

K Kamiya, S Kanayama, M Takahashi… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Customized cross-linking has been proposed as an alternative to conventional cross-linking
in patients with progressive keratoconus, targeting greater flattening of the cone region and …