It’s all thanks to a cross-linking procedure that has been introduced at Musgrove Park Hospital to treat patients with ...

In our OD-MD practice, cross-linking is performed in-house, and the optometrists do the bulk of the work in documenting progression of keratoconus or ectasia changes over time.But even in a primary ...

A new procedure has been introduced at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital in Somerset to treat patients – called corneal ...

Collagen crosslinking treatment of the cornea ... in 1999 that the underlying molecular pathogenic mechanisms of corneal ectasia are being addressed. This review is intended to summarize the ...

Patients in Somerset with a "debilitating" condition that causes blurred vision can now access treatment that prevents ... Keratoconus is a type of corneal ectasia, where the round clear window ...

These patients may be able to resume scleral lens wear as soon as 1-month following the treatment, according to the report. Researchers included 7 patients (mean age, 35.2 years; 57.14% men) with ...

One received a referral to addiction-treatment services outside the hospital. Another group received a similar referral, along with a brief counseling session at the hospital. And a third group ...

A small peripheral corneal melt in an 8-mm-diameter-plus LASIK flap is not visually significant, whereas overly aggressive treatment can result in a serious sight-threatening course of serial ...