MILAN — Second-generation customized cross-linking significantly improves vision in patients with keratoconus, according to Emilio Torres, MD, PhD, speaking at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
“In PACE, which stands for PTK-assisted customized epi-on cross-linking, we use more riboflavin and a greater amount of irradiation over specific areas of the cornea to selectively flatten them and regularize the cornea in a customized fashion,” he said.
The first patients treated so far at the ELZA Institute in Zurich showed good regularization and