Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.
This month we are going to compare two different approaches to the combination of corneal cross-linking with PRK. CXL is a long-validated method of halting the progression of keratoconus, but improvement in vision and refractive error may be limited. The addition of a photorefractive procedure such as PRK provides patients with the added benefit of reducing irregular astigmatism and improving best