It may feel good temporarily, but it can cause lasting damage. Read more
Please, Please, Please Don’t Sleep in Contact Lenses, CDC Says
It’s late, you’re tired, and the last thing you want to do is get out of bed and take out your contact lenses. If so, you’re not alone: Around one-third of people who wear contact lenses have reported that they sleep or nap in them. But people who do this have six to eight times
Why you are paying so much for surgery
ABC Four Corners produced this program Mind the Gap on why you are paying such high out-of-pocket expenses for surgery. A great guide to dealing with surgeons before surgery. Watch the program
Medicare rebate for corneal cross-linking
Thousands of Australians with keratoconus will benefit from a Medicare rebate of $1,200 for corneal collagen cross-linking as first line treatment to stop disease progression. read more
First results from Australian Crosslinking Registry
The head of the Australian Crosslinking Registry, Professor Stephanie Watson, presented the latest results from the registry on crosslinking at meetings in Melbourne and Sydney. The full video of her presentation can be viewed here Her slideshow presentation (pdf format) can be downloaded below Professor Watson Nov 2017 talk
Cross-linking stabilises keratoconus
Optometry Australia News Collagen corneal cross-linking appears to stabilise keratoconus in patients who undergo the procedure, according to early results of a world-first keratoconus registry based in Australia. Ophthalmologist Professor Stephanie Watson has completed initial analysis of data from 1,062 keratoconic patients in Australia and New Zealand including adults, teenagers and children who had
Is Cross-linking at a Crossroads?
FDA-approved corneal collagen cross-linking is barely a year old (in the United States). The Avedro KXL UV system, along with Photrexa and Photrexa Viscous, is approved for patients aged 14 and up with progressive keratoconus or post-surgical ectasia. After years of commercial use abroad, this long-awaited therapeutic option has the potential to halt vision loss
Recent Innovations in Collagen Corneal Cross-linking; a Mini Review
1. INTRODUCTION Corneal cross-linking (CXL) was introduced in the late 1990s by Seiler et al. [1, 2]. Until that time the conservative therapeutic approach of Keratoconus and other corneal ectatic diseases, involved mostly the fitting of hard contact lenses as an improvement of corrected visual acuity and as a mean to halt the progression through corneal adaptation on
Water Soluble Tetrazolium Salt-11 as an Alternative to Riboflavin for Corneal CollagenCross-linking for the Treatment of Keratoconus
Water Soluble Tetrazolium Salt-11 as an Alternative to Riboflavin for Corneal CollagenCross-linking for the Treatment of Keratoconus
Crosslinking in Children and Teenagers
Crosslinking in Children and Teenagers