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Enhanced Trans-Epithelial Accelerated Crosslinking Protocols: The Way Out of Future CXL

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Epi-On CXL protocols are actually considered the “way out of CXL” eliminating the risk of corneal infections, stromal scarring and thinning, speeding up patient recovery together with the possibility of carrying out the procedure more comfortably in outpatient modality. Our research is actually focused on the development of new efficacious “enhanced” trans-epithelial ACXL protocols with higher energies, new iontophoresis, different riboflavin solutions, pulsed light exposure, with and without oxygen supplementation.

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  1. Departmental Ophthalmology Unit, USL Toscana Sud Est, Alta Val D’Elsa Hospital, Campostaggia, Siena, Italy

    Cosimo Mazzotta

  2. Siena Crosslinking Center, Siena, Italy

    Cosimo Mazzotta

  3. Vision Without Glasses Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Adel Barbara

  4. Post Graduate Ophthalmology School, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Alessandro Di Maggio

  5. Ophthalmology Operative Unit, Alghero Hospital, Alghero, Italy

    Pierpaolo Pintore

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Mazzotta, C., Barbara, A., Di Maggio, A., Pintore, P. (2022). Enhanced Trans-Epithelial Accelerated Crosslinking Protocols: The Way Out of Future CXL. In: Armia, A., Mazzotta, C. (eds) Keratoconus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84506-3_7

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