BookCosimo Mazzotta, Frederik Raiskup, Stefano Baiocchi, Giuliano Scarcelli, Marc D. Friedman, Claudio Traversi.
Summary: This book provides a rapid overview of crosslinking protocols and the therapeutic guidelines to optimize the application according to patients age and ectasia staging. This book is unique in the field of crosslinking therapy, as it gives the readers a complete guide for their daily practice to understand the modern accelerated crosslinking protocols, indications and customized treatment strategies. Ophthalmic specialists, opticians, optometrists and doctors working in ophthalmic settings, will find this book to be a 'go-to' guide for furthering clinical knowledge of this specialized treatment for early progressive corneal ectasia.
Contents:
Principles of accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking
Crosslinking results and literature overview
Crosslinking evidences in-vitro and in-vivo
Accelerated crosslinking protocols
Refractive crosslinking : ACXL plus
ACXL beyond keratoconus : post-LASIK ectasia, post-RK ectasia and pellucid marginal degeneration
Keratoconus classifcation, ACXL indications and therapy flowchart.