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Long-term follow-up of repeated corneal cross-linking for progressive keratoconus in young patients

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of repeated corneal cross-linking in eyes of children and adolescents with progressive keratoconus. Methods: This retrospective study included nine eyes of nine consecutive patients with progressive keratoconus who underwent repeated cor...

Accelerated corneal cross-linking with hypo-osmolar riboflavin in thin keratoconic corneas: 2-year follow-up

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the outcomes of accelerated corneal cross-linking in keratoconic corneas with thinnest pachymetry values of <400 µm. Methods: The study included 28 eyes of 24 patients. The uncorrected and best-corrected visual acuities (logMAR), flattest and s...

Análise da eficácia do crosslinking transepitelial em pacientes portadores de ceratocone

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 78 (5), 2019
Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar os resultados clínicos do Crosslinking Transepitelial (CXL) analisando sua eficácia em pacientes portadores de ceratocone progressivo. Métodos: Estudo transversal retrospectivo com 49 olhos e 37 pacientes com idades entre 10 e 50 anos, submetidos à técnica de CXL em 2017...

Queratoglobo. Presentación de caso
Keratoglobus. Case presentation

Rev. medica electron; 40 (6), 2018
RESUMEN Se presenta un caso clínico de un varón de 27 años de edad, con una ectasia corneal y presencia de queratoglobo en ambos ojos. La manifestación clínica fue disminución lenta y progresiva de la agudeza visual en ambos ojos y dolor en el ojo izquierdo. Al examen oftalmológico se constató hi...

Keratoconus progression is not inhibited by reducing eyelid muscular force with botulinum toxin A treatment: a randomized trial

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate whether reducing eyelid muscular force through the administration of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) to the orbicularis oculi muscles of patients with keratoconus affected corneal parameters indicative of disease progression. Methods: In this prospective parallel randomized...

Factors affecting visual acuity after accelerated crosslinking in patients with progressive keratoconus

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The present study aimed to report the outcomes of patients with progressive keratoconus who were treated via accelerated crosslinking (CXL) 6 months earlier and to determine the factors that promoted improved visual acuity after treatment. Methods: This retrospective study included 35...

Six-month outcomes of corneal crosslinking with dextran-free isotonic riboflavin solution

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze the short-term clinical and topographic outcomes in patients with keratoconus after corneal collagen cross-linking treatment (CXL) with dextran-free isotonic riboflavin solution. Methods: In this retrospective case series, 26 eyes from 26 patients with keratoconus were stud...