C3R - Corneal Collagen Crosslinking!
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Louise Pembroke
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Louise
Gareth has been exploring this with the Team in Dresden so may want to chime in here.
However, the short answer to this, is YES it can be used, however I would suspect that the cornea would need to be suture and steroid free and thus fully recovered.
C3R on transplanted cornea, I would imagine, may be rare and would only be used in cases where the Host cornea has been affected with KC which wasnt removed during the transplantation.
Hope that helps
J
Gareth has been exploring this with the Team in Dresden so may want to chime in here.
However, the short answer to this, is YES it can be used, however I would suspect that the cornea would need to be suture and steroid free and thus fully recovered.
C3R on transplanted cornea, I would imagine, may be rare and would only be used in cases where the Host cornea has been affected with KC which wasnt removed during the transplantation.
Hope that helps
J
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Louise Pembroke
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I hadn't considered that, the host cornea developing KC! I doubt I would be suitable then. My unsuccessful graft [14 years old] has a few stitches buried in there and the shape is very irregular. The other has a high degree of post graft astigmatism but does very well with a RGP.
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Louise Pembroke
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jayuk
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Louise
No, you can consult with them over email
As long as you have
a) brief history of your KC
b) history on treatment and method of KC management (specs, lenses, etc)
c) corneal topographys
That should be enough...however in complex cases they would ask to speak with your consultant or ask you to come over
Have PM's you the email address of them
J
No, you can consult with them over email
As long as you have
a) brief history of your KC
b) history on treatment and method of KC management (specs, lenses, etc)
c) corneal topographys
That should be enough...however in complex cases they would ask to speak with your consultant or ask you to come over
Have PM's you the email address of them
J
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jayuk
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On the same note
Id also like to add that Centre for Sight based in East Grinstead are now performing C3R in the UK; with input from Germany (as I am led to beleive)
http://www.centreforsight.com/index.php
Jay
Id also like to add that Centre for Sight based in East Grinstead are now performing C3R in the UK; with input from Germany (as I am led to beleive)
http://www.centreforsight.com/index.php
Jay
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GarethB
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One thing all grafte corneas have been tested for from day one is the presence of KC. All the searches I have done have failed to show KC appearing in a grafted cornea. However there is always that 1 in billion chance of it happening.
What I hae found, is that in some vary rare cases, KC can devolp again in the cornea a graft is attached to. This is what happend in my case. From what I can find, these appear to be before the days of topography scans which can show subtle changes invisible to the optomestrist looking through the slit lamp.
From what I have found theoretically C3R could be beneficial in these instances, however to the best of my knowledge, such treatment has yet to be done on a transplanted cornea.
Still waiting for a reply from Dresden, but one of my concerns is that my graft is of a good thickness, would C3R make it too thick and cause problems?
Will keep you posted once I get a response.
Gareth
What I hae found, is that in some vary rare cases, KC can devolp again in the cornea a graft is attached to. This is what happend in my case. From what I can find, these appear to be before the days of topography scans which can show subtle changes invisible to the optomestrist looking through the slit lamp.
From what I have found theoretically C3R could be beneficial in these instances, however to the best of my knowledge, such treatment has yet to be done on a transplanted cornea.
Still waiting for a reply from Dresden, but one of my concerns is that my graft is of a good thickness, would C3R make it too thick and cause problems?
Will keep you posted once I get a response.
Gareth
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