Insieme21, an association for people with trisomy 21, their parents, carers, and relatives in German-speaking Switzerland, recently featured the ELZA Institute in the 2021 edition
It’s clear that there is a link between eye rubbing and keratoconus. Eye rubbing can alter the strength of the cornea, which can cause keratoconus to
And so, at this year’s annual meeting of the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS 2020), held online from 2–4 October 2020, a poster, presented by Dr. Emilio Torres-Netto, entitled “Corneal cross-linking for treating infectious keratitis: final results of the prospective randomized controlled multicentre trial” took first place in the Refractive Surgery category. The phase III trial results showed that corneal ulcers can be treated just as effectively with PACK-CXL as with the latest antibiotics, something that will soon become increasingly important.
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising again in Switzerland, it is worth restating the measures ELZA is taking to combat COVID-19 and protect everyone in the clinic – patients and staff alike – from the threat this virus poses.
