COPENHAGEN, Denmark— With modern, standardized technologies allowing for more precise detection and diagnosis, the global map of keratoconus prevalence is dramatically changing.
New data from the K-MAP multicenter study, which is tracking keratoconus prevalence in patients across the world, was presented at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
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“We started collecting data some years ago and performed a pilot study in 2018 in Saudi Arabia, where we found a very high prevalence — the highest so far — with almost 5% of the young population affected by