What Are the Costs of Corneal Cross-linking for the Treatment of Progressive Keratoconus?
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What Are the Costs of Corneal Cross-linking for the Treatment of Progressive Keratoconus?
What Are the Costs of Corneal Cross-linking for the Treatment of Progressive Keratoconus? To the Editor: Although corneal cross-linking (CXL) for keratoconus is increasingly applied, there is limited evidence on the costs of this treatment. One cost-effectiveness study estimated the costs of the total CXL treatment for one simulated patient as £928 ($1,392 U.S.).1 In our study, we assessed the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Refractive Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1081-597X
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20160318-01