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2. Corneal cross-linking - Wikipedia

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   Corneal cross-linking (CXL) with riboflavin (vitamin B 2) and UV-A light is a surgical treatment for corneal ectasia such as keratoconus, PMD, and post-LASIK ectasia. It is used in an attempt to make the cornea stronger. According to a 2015 Cochrane review, there is insufficient evidence to determine if it is useful in keratoconus. [2]

3. Keratoconus - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, however, the FDA approved cross-linking surgery as a treatment for keratoconus and recommended that a registry system should be set-up to evaluate the long-term treatment effect. [ 9 ] [ 70 ] The Save Sight Keratoconus Registry is an international database of keratoconus patients that is tracking outcomes of cross-linking in patients ...

4. Epikeratophakia - Wikipedia

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   A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea. Indications include treatment of keratoconus, refractive errors like myopia and high hypermetropia including aphakia, which cannot be corrected with conservative methods. [2]

5. Corneal transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Corneal transplantation, also known as corneal grafting, is a surgical procedure where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue (the graft). When the entire cornea is replaced it is known as penetrating keratoplasty and when only part of the cornea is replaced it is known as lamellar keratoplasty.

6. Verrica's drug gets US nod as first treatment for a type of ...

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   (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc's treatment of a viral skin infection in adults and children aged 2 years and above, the company said on ...

7. Corneal ectatic disorders - Wikipedia

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   Keratoconus, a progressive, noninflammatory, bilateral, asymmetric disease, characterized by paraxial stromal thinning and weakening that leads to corneal surface distortion. [ 2 ] Keratoglobus , a rare noninflammatory corneal thinning disorder, characterised by generalised thinning and globular protrusion of the cornea.

8. Keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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   Boston Kpro type 1 titanium posterior plate. Keratoprosthesis is a surgical procedure where a diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea. Traditionally, keratoprosthesis is recommended after a person has had a failure of one or more donor corneal transplants. [1]

9. Photorefractive keratectomy - Wikipedia

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   There are also some pre-existing conditions that may complicate or preclude the treatment. [8] Collagen vascular disease (e.g., corneal ulceration or melting) Ocular disease (e.g., dry eye, keratoconus, glaucoma) Systemic disorders (e.g., diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis) History of side effects from steroids; Granular corneal dystrophy type II