Corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) has been proposed as an effective method of reducing progression of both keratoconus and corneal ectasia after surgery, as well as possibly decreasing the steepness of the cornea in these pathologies. During the CXL procedure, the central corneal thickness has been shown to significantly change. The investigator's believe that better maintenance of corneal thickness potentially could have benefits of better reproducibility of the crosslinking effect with improved predictability of results.
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Corneal thickness
Timeframe: Intraoperatively