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The 2024 Joint British Society of Refractive Surgery and UK Cross-linking Consortium Meeting<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our first joint meeting with the British Society of Refractive Surgery took place in Leonardo Royal Oxford on 22-23rd June 2024 and was a huge success, with over 80 ophthalmologists, optometrists and vision scientists attending the UK Cross-linking Consortium session to hear about some of the latest advancements in corneal and scleral cross-linking and participate in lively discussions about the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our first speaker, Dr Si\u00e2n Morgan<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>from Cardiff University, presented experimental evidence on the impact of corneal rinsing and riboflavin replenishment during riboflavin\/UVA cross-linking. In a series of ex vivo<\/em> studies examining the resistance of corneal tissue following different cross-linking protocols, Dr Morgan showed that a brief rinse of the cornea prior to UVA exposure (to remove surface riboflavin) had no impact on cross-linking effectiveness. Similarly, the replenishment of riboflavin mid-way through a 9mW\/10 min UVA exposure did not lead to any further enhancement in the enzymatic resistance of the cross-linked tissue. However, corneal rinsing and riboflavin replenishment were both shown to be beneficial in terms of maintaining tissue thickness during treatment. Click\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>here<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> to read the published findings of this study.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although, cross-linking is known to stabilise most cases of progressive keratoconus (>90% of eyes), there is limited evidence for the treatment of choice when it fails. Our second speaker, Ms Seema Anand<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, addressed this issue in a presentation of clinical data from 10 years of repeat cross-linking for keratoconus at St James\u2019s University Hospital (Leeds). Retrospective analysis of this data demonstrated repeat cross-linking to be a safe and effective treatment for cases of progressive keratoconus where primary cross-linking has failed. Click\u00a0here<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>to read the published findings of this study.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our third speaker, Mr Mor Dickman<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> from Utrecht University Medical Center in the Netherlands spoke about the development of a novel cross-linking therapy in which Near infra-red (NIR) photoactivation of water-soluble palladium bacteriochlorin 13\u2032-(2-sulfoethyl)amide dipotassium salt (WST11) can be used to induce ocular tissue stiffening. The early-stage laboratory studies presented by Mr Dickman highlighted the potential use of WST11\/NIR cross-linking as a safe and highly targeted approach for the prevention of myopic axial elongation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly, travel disruption prevented our final speaker, Prof Farhad Hafezi, attending the meeting to present his talk on PTK-assisted customised epi-on corneal cross-linking (PACE). Further information about this technique can be found on the ELZA Institute<\/span> webpage<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to read the meeting brochure and find out more about our invited speakers and their research.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2020 and 2021 UK-Cross-linking Consortium (UK CXL) Meetings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These meetings, destined to take place as part of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress, were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2016 UK-Cross-linking Consortium (UK CXL) Meeting<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The UK Cross-linking Consortium meeting was held as a satellite meeting to the Royal College of Ophthalmologist Annual Congress in Birmingham ICC on 24th May 2016 and was well attended by over 40 ophthalmologists, optometrists and vision scientists.\u00a0<\/span> The programme<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> covered many of the most important issues relating to cross-linking and concluded with a discussion about the future direction of the consortium. \u00a0Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> to read the full meeting report.<\/span><\/p>\n

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