Table A3: Adjunct Interventions with Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking and Photorefractive Keratectomy*.
Author, Year | Site, Country | Study Design | Population | Duration |
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Kanellopoulos A, 2007 (67) | Laser Vision Institute, Greece | Case report, CXL followed at 12-months by a topographically-guided PRK with untreated fellow- eye as control | 26-year-old male Bilateral progressive KC | 230-months |
Kymionis G, 2009 (68) | Institute Vision and Optics, University of Crete Medical school, Greece | Case report, YAG laser PRK followed by CXL on the same day followed 15 days later by the procedures in the second eye | 34-year-old female, bilateral KC (pellucid marginal degeneration) | 12-months |
Kymionis G, 2010 (70) | Institute Vision and Optics, University of Crete Medical school, Greece | Case report. Simultaneous excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy followed by CXL | 24-year-old male Progressive KC | 6-month |
Kymionis G, 2009 (69) | Institute Vision and Optics, University of Crete Medical school, Greece | Case series, simultaneous customized topography-guided surface Nd: YAG laser ablation followed by CXL | 12 p − 14 e Progressive KC Mean age 28 yrs (R, 20 to 39) | 10.69 months (R, 3 to 16) |
Kymionis G, 2010 (71) | Institute Vision and Optics, University of Crete Medical School, Greece | Case series, Simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) followed by CXL | 23 p − 28 e KC Mean age 30 yrs± 9.35 (R, 20 to 44) | 6-month |
Kymionis G, 2010 (72) | Institute Vision and Optics, University of Crete Medical School, Greece | Case reports, Simultaneous conductive keratoplasty (CK) followed within 24 hours by CXL | 2 p Bilateral KC22-year-old male, 23-year-old male | 6-month |
Stojanovic A, 2010 (73) | Eye Dpt University Hospital of North Norway, Norway | Case series, Simultaneous topographically-guided excimer laser surface ablation followed by trans-epithelial CXL | 12 p − 12 e 6 KC, 6 PMD Mean age 39.8 ± 11.9 yrs (R, 26 to 62) | 12-months |
Kanellopoulos A, 2011 (74) | Laser Vision Institute, Greece | Case series, Simultaneous topographically-guided partial PRK followed by CXL | 22 p − 32 e Post Lasik ectasia Mean age 32 yrs (R, 23 to 66) | 27-months |
CXL indicates corneal cross-linking; KC indicates keratoconus; PRK indicates photorefractive keratectomy; R indicates range; Yrs indicates years;