First Author: L.Gualdi ITALY
Co Author(s): V. Cappello F. Gualdi M. Gualdi
Purpose:
To evaluate the safety and the efficacy of a new method to increase Riboflavin passage into the stroma without the need of epithelial debridment.
Setting:
D.O.M.A. srl - Rome (Italy)
Luca Gualdi
Methods:
10 eyes were submitted to Transepithelial Corneal Crosslinking with a new Riboflavin formulation and a new device composed by an electric generator (low intensity) connected to two electrodes. This system strongly increases the bioavability of riboflavin into the stroma. The " demarcation line" was studied by anterior segment OCT, tomographies and Confocal microscopy. Digital pictures and short movie will be presented.
Results:
No complication was found in therms of visual acuity, pain, polimegatism, pleiomorfism or endotelial cells/mm2 reduction.
Long term results will need to confirm also topographically and tomographically decreasing of keratoconus index.
Conclusions:
Transepithelial corneal crosslinking with Ionthophoresis is a promising tecnique to perform the surgery without epitelial debridment. The main pros are less pre-operatively imbibition time required (5 minutes) and deeper Riboflavin penetration. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE?: No
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