Corneal collagen cross-linking for progressive keratoconus in patients aged 9 to 14

Abstract

P urpose: To determ ine the safety and efficacy of corneal collagen cross-linking (C X L ) for progressive keratoconus in patients aged betw een 9 and 14 years old. M ethods: Sixteen eyes of 11 patients (8 m ale and 3 fem ale) w ith progressive keratoconus underw ent epithelium -off C X L according to the standard D resden protocol. M ean follow -up w as 26 m onths (range, 12 to 60 m onths). P re-and postoperative exam inations included: uncorrected visual acuity (U C V A ), best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (B SC V

Progression of Pediatric Keratoconus After Corneal Cross-Linking: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis

“…In the pediatric population, KC progression has been reported to be between 0% and 35% despite epithelium-off CXL treatment. 2,5–13(p14),14–41 However, the criteria for analyzing outcomes are not standardized across these studies, making it challenging to assess CXL outcomes (see Supplemental Table 1, Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/ICO/B235). Although several systematic analyses were published on clinical outcome improvement after CXL in the pediatric KC population, they did not directly study CXL failure rate.…”

Comparação entre crosslinking e anel intracorneano para tratamento de ceratocone em pacientes pediátricos

“…Além disso, pode estar mais presente na segunda década de vida, tendo como consequência a diminuição da acuidade visual de forma progressiva. O paciente acometido por ceratocone manifestará, além de deficiências visuais, miopia e astigmatismo, que tem sua gravidade aumentada com o passar do tempo (DINIZ ER, et al, 2021;PALIS FP, et al, 2016).…”