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What are the exclusion criteria of cross linking for keratoconus ?

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Question added by Ismael Mostafa Ismael Ibrahem , Consultant , Hayat National Hospital
Date Posted: 2016/05/17
Mutasim Hassan Abdelrahman El Hassan
by Mutasim Hassan Abdelrahman El Hassan , .Assistant Prof , كلية الطب- جامعة النيلين

1- Very thin cornea.

2- Corneal  scar

3- Active cornea disease.

4- .Chronic autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid  arthritis

5- Pregnancy

 

Mohammad Yasser Silk
by Mohammad Yasser Silk , Ophthalmologist , International Medical Center

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
by ROBERTO BEZE ABDO

Corneal scar is an exclsion criteria of cross linking for keratoconus

M Wasim Sayed Issa
by M Wasim Sayed Issa , Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries Specialist , ALLERGAN

Active corneal disease

 

Corneal scar

Sandra Fiorentini
by Sandra Fiorentini , Ophthalmic surgeon consultant , Optilase Eye Clinic

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
by mohammed alhemyari , Glaucoma and Cataract Specialist , Sankara Eye Hospital

 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
by Vladimyr Villarreal , Medical Surgeon Chief , Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Luz

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

Ermanno Scerrati
by Ermanno Scerrati , Consultant Ophthalmology , Care UK

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
by Heba Ibrahim , Lecturer/Consultant in Ophthalmology Department , Cairo University Teaching Hospital

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

ABDULMONEM  ASKAR
by ABDULMONEM ASKAR , ophthalmologist , Prince mansour military hospital

advance keratoconus , corneal opacity , herpes keratitis 

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