Clinical Outcomes of Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking for Pediatric Keratoconus.

Abdelrahman M Salman Taym Darwish Marwan Ghabra Obeda Kailani Hussam Khalil Rafea Shaaban

Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2021)

Our 24-month follow-up demonstrated that accelerated corneal cross-linking appears to halt the progression of keratoconus in pediatric patients without apparent complications. Uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuities were also improved.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
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risk factors
diffusion weighted imaging
computed tomography
young adults
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