Short-term comparison of accelerated and standard methods of corneal collagen crosslinking
- 1 March 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
- Vol. 41 (3), 533-540
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.07.030
Abstract
To compare the 6-month results of accelerated and standard collagen crosslinking (CXL) treatment of progressive keratoconus.Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran.Prospective randomized clinical trial.Two groups of eyes (intervention and control) received corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) treatment. The intervention group received accelerated CXL (18 mW/cm(2), 5 minutes), and the control group received standard CXL (3 mW/cm(2), 30 minutes). The eyes were evaluated for changes in the visual indices, refraction, and topography preoperatively and 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively and regarding corneal rigidity indices and the endothelial cell count (ECC) preoperatively and at 6 months.The study evaluated 62 eyes (31 patient) in 2 groups. The mean changes in uncorrected (P = .733) and corrected (P = .646) distance visual acuities and manifest refraction spherical equivalent (P = .598) did not differ statistically significantly between the 2 groups. The central corneal thickness was higher in the standard group than the accelerated group (P = .025). The mean decrease in the maximum keratometry (K) (P = .865) and mean K (P = .974) and the mean changes in the asphericity (P = .272) were not statistically significantly different between the 2 groups. The mean changes in corneal hysteresis (CH) (P = .548) and the corneal resistance factor (CRF) (P = 1.000), CH-CRF (P = .282), and the area under the peak 2 (P = .260) were similar in both groups. The mean decrease in the ECC was not statistically significantly different between the 2 groups (P = .218).Based on 6-month results, accelerated and standard corneal CXL arrested the progression of keratoconus similarly.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Keywords
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