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CXL analyses guide treatment

Created on: Monday, July 16, 2012
Author: The Cornea & Laser Eye Institude Hersh Vision Group

Tags: cxl, dr. peter hersh, keratoconus, corneal ectasia

Dr. Hersh and colleagues have begun to analyze data from their patients who underwent CXL as part of an FDA clinical trial in order to devise a CXL algorithm. The article below was published in the June 1, 2012 issue of Ophthalmology Times.

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Dr. Hersh publishes new article in Journal of Refractive Surgery - June 2012 edition

Created on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Author: The Cornea & Laser Eye Institude Hersh Vision Group

Tags: corneal collagen crosslinking, topographic cone location, keratoconus, corneal ectasia, dr. peter he

In the June issue of Journal of Refractive Surgery, Dr. Hersh's article, "Effect of Topographic Cone Location on Outcomes of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Keratoconus and Corneal Ectasia." Corneal collagen cross-linking is a treatment designed to decrease the progression of keratoconus and corneal ectasia. The purpose of the article is to assess the effect of preoperative topographic cone location on 1-year outcomes of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL).

To read the compete article, please click on the link below. If you have keratoconus or corneal ectasia and are interested to see if CXL would benefit you, please call The CLEI Center for Keratoconus at 201-883-0505.

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Dr. Peter Hersh presents at The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Created on: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Author: The Cornea & Laser Eye Institude Hersh Vision Group

Tags: peter hersh, keratoconus, corneal ectasia, ascrs, cxl, corneal collagen crosslinking

Dr. Hersh presented several lectures at the ASCRS symposium in Chicago this past weekend. On Thursday evening, he presented the results of a clinical study looking at the use of intacs in conjuction with corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) on the treatment of keratoconus and corneal ectasia. On Saturday morning he led the EyeWorld symposium on new advancements on crosslinking where he reviewed the results of the US clinical trials of CXL for keratoconus and corneal ectasia. Saturday afternoon, he gave a course with other investigators in the United States to teach attending ophthalmologists the crosslinking procedure and to review the clinical expectations for those who are just starting to perform crosslinking. At the Monday morning symposium on keratoconus, he discussed the results and patient selection on CXL. All in all, it was a very successful and educational meeting!

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