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. 2011 Nov 1;11(5):1–89.

Table A3: Adjunct Interventions with Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking and Photorefractive Keratectomy*.

Author, Year Site, Country Study Design Population Duration
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
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CXL indicates corneal cross-linking; KC indicates keratoconus; PRK indicates photorefractive keratectomy; R indicates range; Yrs indicates years;