ORLANDO — Social determinants of health affect whether a patient undergoes cross-linking or transplantation for keratoconus, according to a study.
Corneal cross-linking has been an important breakthrough in the management of keratoconus, and in a presentation at Cornea Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Zeba A. Syed, MD, of Wills Eye Hospital, said she and colleagues wanted to determine if corneal cross-linking technology has benefited socioeconomic groups equally.
“We think about demographic factors such as age, sex, race and ethnicity, and then we think about