At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in San Diego, Kenneth A. Beckman, MD, FACS, discussed in a presentation the current status of corneal crosslinking with work continuing and emerging on optimizing treatments, including epi-on crosslinking.
Illustration of some of the various modifications to corneal cross-linking.
(A) Standard “epithelium-off” Dresden Protocol
(B) Transepithelial Protocol with Chemical Enhancers
(C) Transepithelial Protocol with Iontophoresis
(D) Hypoosmolar Riboflavin for Thin Corneas
(E) Customised Protocol
(F) Boost Epithelium-On Protocol
(G) Contact-Lens Assisted Corneal Cross-Linking
(H) Epi-Off-Lenticule-On Corneal Cross-linking.