Corneal cross-linking for infectious keratitis of various causes: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the therapeutic role of corneal cross-linking (CXL) for infectious keratitis.

Methods

This is an umbrella review of the systematic reviews and meta-analysis concerning the role of corneal CXL in treating infectious keratitis. Appropriate keywords were carefully selected following the identification of PICO (Population: People who have corneal cross-linking for infectious keratitis; Intervention: corneal cross-linking; Comparison: other treatments such as antibiotic therapy; Outcome: Primary outcome was considered as the efficacy of treatment using re-epithelization and heal rate, and secondary outcome was considered need to penetrating keratoplasty (PK)). The electronic search across various databases, including Cochrane, PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, SCOPUS,

SUBMITTER: Farhadi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016060 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature