Aktualności w diagnostyce i leczeniu stożka rogówki
Up to date on diagnosis and treatment of keratoconus

Summary/Abstract: Keratoconus is a degenerative disease with progressive thinning and steepening of the cornea. In the advanced stages with severe reduction of visual acuity, a corneal transplantation is required. Modern diagnostic procedures are based on corneal topography and tomography that permit early diagnosis and therapy. Corneal Cross-linking is the modern therapeutic procedure that allows arrest of disease progression with maintenance of good visual acuity if performed in early stages. This therapeutic procedure is based on the photochemical reaction induced by riboflavin and UVA radiation that creates new bonds between collagen fibers that results in stromal stiffening that arrest keratoconus progression. It could be stated that significant achievements in keratoconus management are related to the possibility of early detection due to the modern tomographic systems and possibility of effective treatment with corneal cross linking procedure that arrests progression of ectasia.

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