Safety, Efficacy, and Predictive Factors of Conventional Epithelium-Off Corneal Crosslinking in the Treatment of Progressive Keratoconus.
Rebecca Georges FarhatMohamad Khaled GhannamGeorges Georges AzarJoseph NehmeMarwan Antoun SahyounNajib Georges HannaMariana Abi KaramCharbel El HaberAlexandre SchakalAlexandre JalkhAmeed SamahaPublished in: Journal of ophthalmology (2020)
CXL is a safe and effective method in treating progressive keratoconus. However, the clinical benefits can differ among patients, and in our series, a nonnegligible number of cases show a continued progression of their ectasia. Further studies to identify predictors of postoperative progression prior to the procedure could help sort out good responders to treatment.