MARRAKECH, Morocco — Implantation of an anterior chamber iris-claw phakic IOL effectively improves vision in patients with keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration, according to one surgeon.
“Since CXL was introduced in 1996, the procedure has become gold standard, and there is an increasing population of young patients with keratoconus classified as stable. However, CXL does not significantly improve vision,” Isaak Fischinger, MD, said at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting
Contact lenses are still gold standard in these cases, but
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