New procedure for Keratoconus UK 2020
Posted: Mon 09 Mar 2020 10:55 am
Hi everyone, I have recently been diagnosed with mild bilateral keratoconus and was exploring options of CXL. I am currently a patient at Moorfields eye hospital London (NHS, not private) and will be having surveillance at six monthly intervals. At present I am trying the most basic treatment, that being toric soft lenses for astigmatism to see how I get on.
Anyway, there appears to be a new treatment coming to the UK by Optimax called small-incision LIKE (lenticular intrastromal keratoplasty). Just wanted to share this with everybody on the forum who may be looking for an alternative treatment for KC. If anyone has any experience/ knowledge with this procedure please feel free to share.
https://www.optimax.co.uk/blog/keratoco ... sion-like/
At present I am considering a number of options for myself initially; CXL or mini-schleral lenses or Kerasoft. Now I know that each case of KC is different, given that my condition is mild which one would anybody suggest. Having recently turned 31 I was told that it is quite likely that my condition would not progress any further, however, other people’s posts on here seem to dismiss that claim. Given the success of most people that have had the procedure I still think that CXL would be beneficial as my prescription has doubled in the last 12 weeks and from the topography there seems to be signs of progression.
Anyway, there appears to be a new treatment coming to the UK by Optimax called small-incision LIKE (lenticular intrastromal keratoplasty). Just wanted to share this with everybody on the forum who may be looking for an alternative treatment for KC. If anyone has any experience/ knowledge with this procedure please feel free to share.
https://www.optimax.co.uk/blog/keratoco ... sion-like/
At present I am considering a number of options for myself initially; CXL or mini-schleral lenses or Kerasoft. Now I know that each case of KC is different, given that my condition is mild which one would anybody suggest. Having recently turned 31 I was told that it is quite likely that my condition would not progress any further, however, other people’s posts on here seem to dismiss that claim. Given the success of most people that have had the procedure I still think that CXL would be beneficial as my prescription has doubled in the last 12 weeks and from the topography there seems to be signs of progression.