FRANKFURT, Germany — The ELZA epi-on corneal cross-linking protocol provides biomechanical stiffening comparable to epi-off CXL, without iontophoresis or additional oxygen, in the office at the slit lamp.
“The reason we all want a functioning and well-designed epi-on are clear. Besides the reason of reduced risk for infection, my personal aim is to move cross-linking out of the operating room into the doctor’s office,” Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, said at the ESCRS winter meeting.
The quest for a safe and effective epi-on technique has been ongoing. The first attempts failed,