Alternative ultraviolet A lamp for corneal collagen crosslinking

lternative ultraviolet A lamp for corneal collagen crosslinking Methodology (568) Total Article Views Authors: Diaz-Llopis M, Salom D, Garcia-Delpech S, Udaondo P, Garcia-Pous M Published Date March 2013 Volume 2013:7 Pages 557 - 559 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S33866 Received: 14 May 2012 Accepted: 18 September 2012 Published: 18 March 2013 Manuel Diaz-Llopis, David Salom, Salvador Garcia-Delpech, Patricia Udaondo, Maria Garca-Pous Department of Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Abstract: In this paper, we describe an original, affordable, and available device for performing collagen crosslinking. This is carried out in a safe and reproducible way by means of a simple modification to an affordable ultraviolet A lamp and by preparing riboflavin 0.1% solution inhouse.