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Refractive surgery for Keratoconus
I'm 23 years young female and have a power of 7.5 in both eyes and suspect keratoconus. Doctors advised me to do ICL but I'm scared since it's an intra ocular process and changes of developing cataract soon, is there any other option of refractive surgery? Or ICL is save?
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You have only informed about approx sph number ,
If
Cylindrical number is high
And
Its increasing
Then
The best option before surgery is C3r.
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Please seek consultation.
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Dr. Tushar Bombatkar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
8 yrs exp
Jalgaon
Cxl i. E collagen cross linking is a another type of sx too... Have you done topography of your eyes.. Send it to me.. And connect
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