Corneal Cross-Linking

ATHENS, Greece — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, discusses his PACE technique for keratoconus.

At Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, we are fortunate to have a large network of clinicians who refer patients to our cornea service.

ATHENS, Greece — One-year data of high-fluence accelerated epithelium-off corneal cross-linking for keratoconus showed efficacy comparable to cross-linking with the Dresden protocol, according to a speaker at the ESCRS winter meeting.

ATHENS, Greece — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, discusses cross-linking protocols for keratoconus.

In our OD-MD practice, cross-linking is performed in-house, and the optometrists do the bulk of the work in documenting progression of keratoconus or ectasia changes over time.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

Glaukos submitted a new drug application to the FDA for Epioxa, an epithelium-on corneal cross-linking iLink therapy for the treatment of keratoconus, according to a company press release.

In a previous blog post, I wrote about how soon after cross-linking different types of contact lenses — soft, gas permeable and scleral — can be fit for both new and established wearers.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, gives an update on PTK-assisted customized epi-on cross-linking, or PACE.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Zeba A. Syed, MD, discusses results of a study conducted at Wills Eye Hospital that examined corneal cross-linking complications in more than 900 patients.