User talk:Mightyeyes
Keratoconus
[edit]I took the liberty of moving your comment to the bottom and changing a single word ("below" to "above") so that later editors would be able to read the discussion more easily. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 15:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Did you want to comment on the changes that were made as per your suggestion? I think User:Billc and I are trying to find a real consensus on this, but that is difficult to do if you don't provide input. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 15:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- User:Delicious carbuncle I'm sorry for the slow response. Is there some way to setup an email trigger when something is posted to a Watch Page? I agree, getting some true consensus and making the article as accurate as possible is my goal also. Regarding User:Billc's edits: I think we are getting close with some minor changes that would separate the epithelium-off and epithelium-on procedures -- just incase one procedure gains more traction than the other. Give me a few days and I will post a suggestion. The biggest challenge is that showing the credibility of both procedures equally. Mightyeyes (talk) 06:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
- Did you want to comment on the changes that were made as per your suggestion? I think User:Billc and I are trying to find a real consensus on this, but that is difficult to do if you don't provide input. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 15:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
This would have been my suggested rewrite -- any thoughts? Should this suggestion go on the keratcoonus discussion site?
A corneal strengthening treatment called Corneal Collagen Crosslinking with Riboflavin, variously known as CXL, CCL, and C3-R, can stabilize the progressive changes that can occur with keratcoonus. A one-time application of riboflavin solution is administered to the eye and is activated by illumination with UV-A light for approximately 30 minutes.[25][57] The riboflavin causes new cross-linking bonds to form across adjacent collagen strands in the stroma, and so recovers some of the cornea's mechanical strength.[58] There are two versions of this technique. One iteration developed at the Technische Universität Dresden involves removal of the corneal epithelium by surgical debridement in order to increase penetration of the riboflavin into the stroma.[58] The other modification developed at the Boxer Wachler Vision Institute uses topical anesthetic drops to loosen the epithelium to allow riboflavin to penetrate the epithelium intact. Mightyeyes (talk) 07:55, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
The epi on has no animal studies, and it was not chosen for the US trails. Why not add that as well ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.56.120.240 (talk) 19:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)