what happens when they do the Crosslinking?
Posted: Tue 13 Dec 2016 11:44 am
by TimEdwards
Hello. My name is Tim. I was diagnosed with KC back in September, and I am mostly curious. What do they do during the crosslinking? From what I understand they just brush the cornea while adding drops. But how do they keep the eye open? Because presumably they'll say to blink when needed. So what do they do exactly? Thanks in advance.
Tim
Re: what happens when they do the Crosslinking?
Posted: Tue 13 Dec 2016 2:58 pm
by Lia Williams
Hi Tim,
They hold the eye open with small clips.
Moorfields have a leaflet describing how they perform cxl:
http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/defa ... king_3.pdfLia
Re: what happens when they do the Crosslinking?
Posted: Tue 13 Dec 2016 3:14 pm
by TimEdwards
Okay that's brilliant thanks, Lia.
Tim
Re: what happens when they do the Crosslinking?
Posted: Tue 13 Dec 2016 3:59 pm
by Anne Klepacz
And this leaflet
http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/defa ... king_2.pdf should give you a link to a great video about the procedure.
Re: what happens when they do the Crosslinking?
Posted: Tue 13 Dec 2016 11:34 pm
by TimEdwards
Okay great thank you so much.
Tim