Accelerated corneal crosslinking with 20'-soaking hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose/riboflavin vs conventional crosslinking with 30'-soaking dextran/riboflavin.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare functional and structural outcomes of accelerated corneal crosslinking (A-CXL) using riboflavin with hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) vs conventional corneal crosslinking (C-CXL) using riboflavin with dextran.

Setting: American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Mitomycin C Application After Corneal Cross-linking for Keratoconus Increases Stromal Haze.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare corneal haze as determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT) after corneal cross-linking (CXL) for the treatment of mild to moderate keratoconus with or without mitomycin C (MMC) application.

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 87 eyes of 72 patients with mild to moderate keratoconus. The first group (n = 44 eyes) underwent CXL between June 2013 and January 2015 and the second group (n = 43 eyes) underwent CXL with MMC (CXL+MMC) between February and December 2015, both following the Dresden protocol.