Preoperative factors affect cross-linking success in pediatric keratoconus patients

A single-center retrospective study identified several preoperative factors in pediatric patients with keratoconus that directly affected the success of corneal collagen cross-linking.Pediatric keratoconus patients with baseline paracentral cone location and/or thinner corneas tend to have the worst outcomes at 2 years after corneal collagen cross-linking, Ozge Sarac, MD, told Ocular Surgery News.