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Corneal Cross-Linking at the Slit Lamp

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CXL can be efficaciously performed outside of the Operating Rooms (ORs), ideally at the slit lamp. This approach could take numerous advantages, as it lowers costs and brings CXL technology away from ORs. This chapter discusses how CXL technology can be safely incorporated into the medical office, respecting indications, in remote areas where an OR is not available or in large centers where the efficiency and costs can be optimized.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. ELZA Institute, Dietikon/Zurich, Switzerland

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto & Farhad Hafezi

  2. Laboratory of Ocular Cell Biology, Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto & Farhad Hafezi

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto

  4. Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto & Farhad Hafezi

  5. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto

  6. Department of Ophthalmology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed Hosny

  7. USC Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Farhad Hafezi

  8. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wenzhou, Wenzhou, China

    Farhad Hafezi

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    Ashraf Armia

  2. Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, Italy and Siena Crosslinking Center, Italy, University of Sassari, Siena, Italy

    Cosimo Mazzotta

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Torres-Netto, E.A., Hosny, M., Hafezi, F. (2022). Corneal Cross-Linking at the Slit Lamp. In: Armia, A., Mazzotta, C. (eds) Keratoconus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84506-3_8

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