What are the exclusion criteria of cross linking for keratoconus ?

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Mutasim Hassan Abdelrahman El Hassan · Answer

1- Very thin cornea.

2- Corneal scar

3- Active cornea disease.

4- .Chronic autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis

5- Pregnancy

Mohammad Yasser Silk · Answer

Advanced (severe) cases are not fit for CXL:

Corneal thinning (less than 400 micron)

Very High K reading

Corneal diseases (chronic ulcers, cicatrization)

Severe dry eyes

ROBERTO BEZE ABDO · Answer

Corneal scar is an exclsion criteria of cross linking for keratoconus

M Wasim Sayed Issa · Answer

Active corneal disease

Corneal scar

Sandra Fiorentini · Answer

The exclusion criteria of cross linking for keratoconus :

1- Corneal thickness less than 400 microns

2- Active autoimmune disease or eye inflamation

3- Keratometry more than 55D

4- Pregnancy

5- Corneal scar

mohammed alhemyari · Answer

The exclusion criteria of cross linking for keratoconus :

1- Corneal thickness less than 370

2- BCVA worse than 20/50

3- Keratometry more than 60d

4- Vogt's stria

5- Corneal scar

Vladimyr Villarreal · Answer

Less then 300 Microns, and medium to big scars on cornea

Ermanno Scerrati · Answer

1) Thinnest point pachimetry less than 400 microns

2) Keratoconus apex more than 60 Dpt

3) Corneal scare

4) Severe dry eye Syndrom

Heba Ibrahim · Answer

a patient with a corneal scar is not a good candidate for CXL

ABDULMONEM ASKAR · Answer

advance keratoconus , corneal opacity , herpes keratitis