On February 28, Dr. Li Kuanshu, Director of The Department of Cornea and Ophthalmology at Changsha Aier Eye Hospital, successfully performed corneal collagen crosslinking surgery for four keratoconus patients in one day, saving their vision.
Mistakenly treat the keratoconus as myopia and the vision is directly reduced to blindness
Yang, a 21-year-old student who studied in Jiangsu, felt that his eyesight had deteriorated a few years ago, thinking that his glasses were not working, so he wore glasses near the school. However, no matter how the clerk improves the degree of the lens, Yang still can't see the eye chart clearly. At this time, Yang realized the seriousness of the matter and came to Changsha Aier Eye Hospital for treatment a year later. After the examination of Director Li Kuanshu, Yang was diagnosed with keratoconus in both eyes and needed to be hospitalized for surgery.
On the same day, 17-year-old Zheng, 16-year-old Xie and He were also admitted to the hospital because of keratoconus. Director Li Kuanshu introduced that the keratoconus is a common corneal dilation, central or paracentral thinning and protruding forward, and a cone-shaped shape. It often causes highly irregular myopia astigmatism, significant loss of vision in the late stage, resulting in blindness, more than puberty, uneven progression, more men than women, is one of the important blinding eye diseases in mainland China.
Corneal collagen crosslinking Is a boon for patients with keratoconus
"Before corneal collagen crosslinking, most keratoconus patients can only wait for corneal transplantation after the disease progresses. However, due to the lack of corneal donors on the mainland, many keratoconus patients can only wait in a vague world, or even go blind. ”
Director Li Kuanshu introduced that corneal collagen crosslinking is an emerging technology for the treatment of corneone and corneal dilation diseases in recent years, which increases the covalent bonds between and inside corneal collagen fibers through photochemical reactions, increases the resistance of collagen to enzyme destruction, thereby increasing the mechanical strength of the cornea and preventing corneal expansion or dissolution. To put it simply, corneal collagen crosslinking is a technique that makes the cornea stronger.
Dr. Li Kuanshu, Director of Cornea and Ophthalmology At Changsha Aier Eye Hospital, visited the patient
Corneal collagen crosslinking has a light postoperative response, short surgical time, postoperative recovery, high safety, good effectiveness, after treatment, the progression of the keratoconus is delayed or stopped, the corneal curvature and astigmatism decrease, and with the decline of corneal astigmatism, most patients' naked eye vision, with the correction of vision with glasses have different degrees of improvement.
In addition to the keratoconus, crosslinking can also be applied to the treatment of corneal dilation after refractive surgery, corneal crosslinking combined refractive surgery, infection keratitis, corneal ulcers and other eye diseases with corneal thinning, and vesicular keratopathy.
Director Li Kuanshu reminded that when the rate of myopia deepening is too fast and accompanied by high astigmatism, it is recommended to go to a professional eye hospital for examination as soon as possible, do not think that it is the deepening of myopia and wear glasses, delaying treatment.