Hornhaut Crosslinking–Erfolgs- und Komplikationsraten

Purpose: To enumerate the complication rate of corneal cross-linking (CXL) for primary keratectasia and to find recommendations to avoid complications. Setting: Institut für Refraktive und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie (IROC), Zurich, Switzerland. Methods: In a prospective study, 117 eyes of 99 patients with verified progressive keratectasia were enrolled and received standard CXL. Preoperatively, 6 months and 12 months after CXL among others best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), slit lamp inspection, applanation tonometry, and Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam) were used to follow the postoperative development. Sta…