COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING FOR KERATOCONUS

Course overview

KERATOCONUS (KC) IS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT CORNEAL ECTATIC DISORDERS CHARACTERIZED BY PROGRESSIVE, NON-INFLAMMATORY CHANGES IN STROMAL COLLAGEN STRUCTURE AND USUALLY RESULTS IN PROTRUSION AND ALTERATION OF THE CENTRAL AND PARACENTRAL CORNEA. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING PROCEDURE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KERATOCONUS. IT HIGHLIGHTS A MULTITUDE OF CLINICAL FACTORS THAT REQUIRE CONSIDERATION IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING.