Iontophoretic Transepithelial Collagen Cross-Linking Versus Epithelium-Off Collagen Cross-Linking in Pediatric Patients: 3-Year Follow-Up.

Purpose: To compare 3-year iontophoretic transepithelial corneal cross-linking (I-ON CXL) outcomes with epithelium-off collagen cross-linking (epi-off CXL) in pediatric patients.

Methods: Forty eyes of 28 consecutive pediatric patients [mean age 14.3 ± 2.

Four years of corneal keratoplasty in Italian paediatric patients: indications and clinical outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate indications and clinical outcomes in paediatric corneal keratoplasty.

Methods: Fifty-four eyes of 43 patients who underwent corneal keratoplasty from the 1 of January 2010 through the 31 of December 2013 at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome, Italy, were retrospectively evaluated. To assess the effect of age on graft failure rate, the recipient age was considered as a dichotomous variable (≤5 or >5 years) and a 2X2 table was developed, using the chi-square test for testing the statistical significance.

The Big-Bubble Full Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Technique in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

Purpose: To describe the big-bubble full femtosecond laser-assisted (BBFF) technique, which could be helpful in standardizing the big-bubble technique in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK).

Methods: Ten eyes of 10 consecutive patients affected by keratoconus underwent the BBFF technique using the 150-kHz IntraLase femtosecond laser (Intra-Lase FS Laser; Abbott Medical Optics, Inc., Santa Ana, CA).

Iontophoretic transepithelial corneal cross-linking to halt keratoconus in pediatric cases: 15-month follow-up.

Purpose: To report the results 15 months after transepithelial corneal cross-linking by iontophoresis of riboflavin performed in pediatric patients affected by keratoconus.

Methods: Fourteen eyes of 14 pediatric patients [mean age 13 ± 2.4 (SD) years; range, 10-18 years] were treated.