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- Sat 06 Oct 2012 11:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11934
Re: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
Hi All Just browsing today and found this link to Pub Med articles on CXL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=corneal+collagen+crosslinking There are 337 articles here on cross linking that you might find interesting. Some are pretty academic whereas some are more suitable for general readership. ...
- Thu 04 Oct 2012 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: KC returning after a long absense very scared
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2781
Re: KC returning after a long absense very scared
Steve Deep breath! OK - first I think we have a confusion over laser surgery. The guys here think of laser surgery as refractive surgery (lasering the cornea) but what you describe is more likely to be lasering of an opacity on the post cataract lens implant. This did not help your vision, so this m...
- Thu 04 Oct 2012 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: CXL; Is it expensive and unnecessary?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7789
Re: CXL; Is it expensive and unnecessary?
Hi Ali I can see your logic but I can also give you case histories of patients in their 40's who, although not progressing, are not at all stable either. CXL has positively helped them stabilise and given them improved visual function. The latest follow up studies on CXL are showing that improvement...
- Sun 30 Sep 2012 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11934
Re: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
Actually, I wasn't thinking this was an argument - in my mind its a very interesting discussion. Part of the debate about cross linking is whether to monitor KC to see if it is progressing quickly (i.e. "aggressive") or not. The idea is that, if you are not progressing, then there is no ne...
- Thu 27 Sep 2012 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11934
Re: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
Interesting debate and I will plonk myself down on both sides of the fence here. Andrew is quite right - there is no official definition of "aggressive" keratoconus. Harker is quite right - it is a term used very freely by professionals. A major benefit of CXL is that it has opened up the ...
- Thu 27 Sep 2012 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: NEED ADVICE PLEASE!!!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2370
Re: NEED ADVICE PLEASE!!!!!
Ahh Understand... At the risk of again stating the obvious, have you asked the practitioner you saw in Vienna to talk to the practitioner in the UK? Between them they might sort this out. If language is a barrier then perhaps try to find one who is fluent in English? it sometimes takes a while to fi...
- Thu 27 Sep 2012 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kerasoft Lens
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5238
Re: Kerasoft Lens
The general advice about RGP wear is if they are not causing you any issues, either from a comfort or vision point of view, then keep with them. This is not necessarily because they provide the best vision, its just the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy. However.... if all day c...
- Thu 27 Sep 2012 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: NEED ADVICE PLEASE!!!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2370
Re: NEED ADVICE PLEASE!!!!!
Have you contacted your UK fitter for advice? That would be my first step as they would have more idea what was causing your issues?
Lynn
Lynn
- Sun 23 Sep 2012 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Over Refraction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3127
Re: Over Refraction
Hi Jay Generally, contact lenses correct everything there is to correct. In a few cases, glasses can help if vision is not perfectly corrected in contact lenses. An example would be what we call "residual astigmatism" when wearing RGP lenses. However, most contact lens fitters would usuall...
- Sun 23 Sep 2012 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: CXL -- Potential Risks and Benefits
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11934
Re: 15 year old son newly diagnosed
Hi All, As someone who has followed many patients who have had CXL over a period of nearly ten years, I think I may say I have actual hands on experience of this procedure. Here are my thoughts. 1) CXL is the ONLY treatment that has been shown to halt the progression of keratoconus 2) It was first t...