ATHENS, Greece — One-year data of high-fluence accelerated epithelium-off corneal cross-linking for keratoconus showed efficacy comparable to cross-linking with the Dresden protocol, according to a speaker at the ESCRS winter meeting.
“The Dresden protocol was so far the most effective procedure in cross-linking,” Emilio Torres-Netto, MD, PhD, FWCRS, told Healio. Between soaking time and the 30-minute UV irradiation, it takes up to 1 hour, but it is still in use because of its proven effectiveness.
Several accelerated protocols have been proposed to make the procedure faster,