Corneal desiccation with riboflavin with 20% dextran can be avoided when removing the lid speculum during saturation with riboflavin. The use of hypotonic riboflavin solution increased corneal pachymetry, although the final TCP remained unchanged. To increase endothelial safety, new isooncotic solutions are needed.

Crosslinking-induced stromal changes resulted in an increase in densitometry, especially in the anterior stroma of the central (0.0 to 2.0 mm) zone. These changes correlated with an increase in retinal straylight but not with the postoperative CDVA values.

Both IOLs had comparable PCO and Nd:YAG rates 3 years postoperatively. The optimized barrier function of the continuous-optic-edge IOL and the material properties of the interrupted-optic-edge IOL seemingly outbalanced the effect on lens epithelial cell migration and proliferation beneath the optic.

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