Clinical Ophthalmology (Mar 2013)

Alternative ultraviolet A lamp for corneal collagen crosslinking

  • Diaz-Llopis M,
  • Salom D,
  • Garcia-Delpech S,
  • Udaondo P,
  • Garcia-Pous M

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013, no. default
pp. 557 – 559

Abstract

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Manuel Diaz-Llopis, David Salom, Salvador Garcia-Delpech, Patricia Udaondo, Maria Garca-Pous Department of Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Abstract: In this paper, we describe an original, affordable, and available device for performing collagen crosslinking. This is carried out in a safe and reproducible way by means of a simple modification to an affordable ultraviolet A lamp and by preparing riboflavin 0.1% solution inhouse. Keywords: corneal collagen crosslinking, keratoconus treatment, ultraviolet A lamp