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Corneal Cross-Linking in Ultrathin Corneas

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New promising protocols have brought fresh perspectives for the treatment of ultrathin ectatic corneas. Approaches such as individualized CXL using the “sub400” protocol instead control the depth of cross-linking to a safe distance from the endothelium by modifying UV illumination time based on patients’ corneal thickness. This approach can treat thinner corneas than older “thin cornea CXL” techniques (like swelling with hypoosmolar riboflavin) and can therefore treat many corneas that would otherwise have required keratoplasty.

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  1. ELZA Institute, Dietikon/Zurich, Switzerland

    Farhad Hafezi

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

    Farhad Hafezi & Emilio A. Torres-Netto

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

    Farhad Hafezi & Emilio A. Torres-Netto

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

    Farhad Hafezi

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

    Farhad Hafezi

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

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto

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

    Emilio A. Torres-Netto

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    Cosimo Mazzotta

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Hafezi, F., Torres-Netto, E.A. (2022). Corneal Cross-Linking in Ultrathin Corneas. In: Armia, A., Mazzotta, C. (eds) Keratoconus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84506-3_9

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