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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2023

Three-years outcomes of simultaneous photorefractive surgery and customized corneal cross-linking for keratoconus.

Majed S Alkharashi, Rakan S Al-Essa, Mohammed M Abusayf

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Article in International ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Majed S AlkharashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rakan S Al-EssaDepartment of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Rakan.Alessa.MD@gmail.com.
Mohammed M AbusayfDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAKing Abdulaziz Medical City · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report the efficacy of customized cross-linking (CXL) in halting progression of keratoconus when combined with photorefractive procedures.

methodsSeven eyes from 7 patients with documented progressive keratoconus were treated with customized CXL (customized ultraviolet-A irradiance pattern centered on the maximum posterior elevation with total energy levels ranging from 5.4 up to 10 J/cm

resultsAll eyes showed a decrease in the maximal curvature K

conclusionCustomized CXL combined with photorefractive procedure (T-PRK/T-PTK) resulted in long lasting flattening effect and strong regularization of keratoconic corneas along with improvement of BSCVA over a 3-year follow-up.

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KeratoconusPhotochemotherapyCorneal Cross-LinkingCorneal TopographyCross-Linking ReagentsHumansPhotosensitizing AgentsRiboflavinUltraviolet RaysVisual AcuityCross-Linking ReagentsPhotosensitizing AgentsRiboflavinCorneal collagen cross-linking (CXL)KeratoconusPhotorefractive surgeryPRKPTK

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PMID37067693
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