March 22, 2022
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VIDEO: Study shows good results with cross-linking in thin corneas
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NEW ORLEANS – A study involving 37 patients with keratoectasia and pachymetry less than 400 microns showed that these patients could safely undergo corneal cross-linking, with positive outcomes, Mitch Ibach, OD, said here at SECO.
“In epithelium-off corneal cross-linking, we can use a hypotonic riboflavin that swells the cornea, so the concern is intraoperative corneal pachymetry and not preoperative,” he said.
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Ibach reports being a speaker and consultant for Glaukos.
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