(FIGURE 1) Slit lamp photo showing homogeneous saturation of riboflavin throughout cornea.
(All figures/images courtesy of Peter S. Hersh, MD)
(FIGURE 2) The corneal collagen crosslinking procedure.
(FIGURE 3) Topography improvement 1 year after crosslinking.
(FIGURE 4) Changes in higher-order aberrations preoperatively to 1 year after crosslinking.
(FIGURE 5) Changes in subjective vision surgery preoperatively to 1 year after crosslinking.
(FIGURE 6) Timecourse of improvement in maximum keratometry after CXL. Note worsening, on average, at 1 month.
(FIGURE 7) Early general haze evolves to demarcation line after crosslinking. Note worsening, on average, at 1 month.
(FIGURE 8) Scheimpflug densitometry showing evolution of corneal haze, peaking at one month, plateauing at 3 months, and improving to baseline at 6 and 12 months.