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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Ethnicity, Progressive Keratoconus, and Outcomes after Corneal Cross-Linking in Southern Israel.

Jacob A Yaffe, Ran Matlov Kormas, Boris E Malyugin, Matthew Boyko, Raimo Tuuminen, Boris Knyazer

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Jacob A YaffeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva 8457108, Israel.
Ran Matlov KormasDepartment of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva 8457108, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0202-4853
Boris E MalyuginS. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal Institution, Moscow 127486, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-5666-3493
Matthew BoykoDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8457108, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3116-1643
Raimo TuuminenHelsinki Retina Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-1550-8125
Boris KnyazerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva 8457108, Israel.

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Abstract

purposeTo assess clinical outcomes of corneal cross-linking (CXL) intervention in a population diagnosed with progressive keratoconus.

methodsThis single-center retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients who underwent standard CXL or accelerated CXL for progressive keratoconus at a major teaching hospital in southern Israel between January 2015 and December 2019. Patients' medical files were reviewed, and pre-operative and post-operative data regarding demographics and clinical and tomographic characteristics were extracted and analyzed.

resultsThis study included 166 patients (representing 198 eyes), out of which 98 patients (123 eyes) were ethnically Bedouin, and 68 patients (75 eyes) were ethnically Jewish. Overall, 126 patients (144 eyes) had a follow-up of at least 12 months (16.84 ± 5.76). The mean patient age was 20.62 ± 7.1 years old. There were significant baseline differences between the two ethnic groups in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA;

conclusionsIn this study, the Bedouin population suffered from more progressive keratoconus when compared to the Jewish population. CXL was significantly effective in improving BCVA and UCVA in both groups after 12 months of follow-up. The effect size of the origin of patients on the stability of KC was found to be negligible.

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