Innovations in Keratoconus Diagnosis and Management—Part II
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Ophthalmology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1850
Special Issue Editor
Interests: keratoconus; contact lens; refractive surgery; meta-analysis; medical device
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Dear Colleagues,
In November 2020, the first volume of the Special Issue “Innovations in Keratoconus Diagnosis and Management” was launched (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/keratoconus_management), in which numerous fascinating papers on the topic of keratoconus were published. We are now pleased to announce that we will be launching the second volume on this topic.
Keratoconus is a progressive, frequently asymmetric, inflammatory corneal thinning disorder characterized by changes in the structure and organization of corneal collagen. This progressive bilateral disease weakens the cornea, resulting in myopia, irregular astigmatism, and central corneal scarring. Accurate corneal imaging is now highly desirable for diagnosing keratoconus, especially in its earlier stages when visual acuity is still good. Modern anterior segment imaging techniques, such as Scheimpflug photography and optical coherence tomography, have significantly improved our ability to identify eyes with keratoconus, as they also provide pachymetric data and posterior corneal curvature measurements. As for keratoconus treatments, corneal cross-linking (CXL) was first introduced as a promising technique to slow or stop disease progression. There have been various modifications to standard CXL, such as increasing the intensity of ultraviolet-A irradiation and shortening the exposure time (accelerated CXL) without altering the total energy delivered. Another modification has been to perform CXL through an intact epithelium (transepithelial CXL) with less discomfort to the patient and reduced postoperative complications. This Special Issue will feature articles on recent developments in keratoconus. We therefore invite researchers to submit original research and review articles on cutting-edge technologies that will contribute to the diagnosis and management of keratoconus.
Dr. Hidenaga Kobashi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- corneal ectasia
- keratoconus
- corneal cross-linking
- Scheimpflug
- optical coherence tomography
