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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2022

Evaluation of unilateral corneal collagen cross-linking on fellow untreated eyes of patients with keratoconus.

Emine Akçay, Ezgi Naz Ensari Delioğlu, Meltem Ece Kars, Pervin Demir, Nurullah Çağıl

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emine AkçayYıldırım Beyazıt University, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey.
Ezgi Naz Ensari DelioğluBasaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-8141
Meltem Ece KarsBilkent University, Department of Molecular, Biology and Genetics, Ankara, Turkey.
Pervin DemirYıldırım Beyazıt University, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Ankara, Turkey.
Nurullah ÇağılLokman Hekim University, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University · TRIstanbul Metropolitan Municipality · TR

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Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to examine the effects of unilateral corneal collagen cross-linking treatment on visual acuity and the topographic findings of the fellow untreated eye of patients who had bilateral progressive keratoconus.

methodsPatients with progressive keratoconus who underwent cross-linking treatment were screened retrospectively. A total of 188 untreated eyes of 188 patients whose eyes were treated unilaterally with either standard or accelerated cross-linking and refused cross-linking procedure for the fellow eye were included. Visual acuity and topographic findings of the fellow untreated eyes were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th, 30th, and 36th months.

resultsThe change over time of variables examined was similar in the untreated eyes of patients who received standard and accelerated cross-linking methods (p>0.05). At the 12th month, 136 (95.8%) untreated eyes were stable according to progression criteria. Only 4 (8%) eyes were progressive at the 24th month. No progression was observed in any of the 16 patients with a 36-month follow up.

conclusionsThe results showed that the fellow untreated eyes of patients with bilateral progressive keratoconus did not have significant progression rates after unilateral cross-linking treatment.

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