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Ocular Surgery News Reports On CXL At The Slit Lamp

What effect does CXL have after 10 years?

What effect does corneal cross-linking have after 10 years? This August, ELZA doctor and researcher, Emilio Torres-Netto MD was interviewed by TouchOphthalmology on a recent congress presentation he gave on 10-year cross-linking follow-up data collated from two treatment centers in Zurich, and was asked about what the research group found.

Moving the Corneal Cross-Linking Procedure from the OR to the Slit Lamp

Corneal Cross-Linking strengthens and sterilizes the cornea.. Here is a simple proposal: perform CXL at the slit lamp (in the doctor’s office), not the OR.

Customized Scleral Lenses for Keratoconus

Even in extreme cases of keratoconus, corneas with scars or corneas after transplantation, where glasses fail, customized scleral lenses may lead to useful vision.

CXL for ultra-thin corneas: the sub400 protocol webinar

“CXL for ultra-thin corneas: the sub400 protocol” shows a revolutionary new protocol to treat ultra-thin keratoconic corneas down to 215 µm thickness.

Puffiness Under the Eyes – and the Risks of Surgery

Bags – or puffiness – under the eyes often give the impression of fatigue. It might not look good in the mirror, but you’ll doubtless hear comments from friends and family like “did you sleep badly?” or “why do you look so tired?” If you don’t like what you see in the mirror, what can you do about it?

Making CXL at the slit lamp reality

This month, Brazil’s top Ophthalmology magazine, Oftalmologica Em Foco, features ELZA’s Prof. Hafezi and Dr. Torres-Netto exploring the story of how CXL at the slit lamp is becoming a reality.

CXL breakthrough – thin keratoconus corneas can be treated with “sub400”

Sub400” is a new CXL protocol developted at here at ELZA, that has been successfully used to cross-link KC corneas as thin as 220 µm – without “hacks.

Breakthrough in measuring the success of CXL for keratoconus

Important innovation in measuring success after cross-linking for keratoconus. Prof. Farhad Hafezi from the ELZA Institute in Switzerland shows the new biomechanics CorVis display.

Asian eyelid surgery – Asian blepharoplasty

Asian eyelid surgey (blepharoplasty) is a completely different propostion to sugery in caucasians. Dion Paridaens explains how, and why there’s a difference.

Thomas S.

09:37 07 Jul 21

My left eye had to be operated on because of a cataract. As I had an Artiflex lens implanted a few years ago, it had to... be removed first before a modern lens could be implanted to correct the cataract. Prof. Hafezi treated me in an very competent and friendly manner. I am very happy with the result.read more

Selma A. Rahim

19:45 02 Jul 21

Dr. Hafezi.. the KING OF CXL🤴

Gianluca Ricci

12:46 10 Apr 21

Great team and service!

rehaneyecare

05:36 08 Apr 21

Excellent surgeon

Steven H.A

16:13 11 Jan 21

Prof. F. Hafezi s expertise is enormous and he has a very pleasant and calm nature which gives the patient... security.Thank youread more

Online Commande

09:19 05 Dec 20

Totally creepy, very arrogant Prof.He just want your money.It may explain, why this Prof. is not in the center of the... city of Zürich and why he has been thrown away from University of Geneva.read more

Elena Churilova

10:06 17 Nov 20

At the moment, 3 months have passed since the moment I made laser vision correction in this clinic. and I can say that... I am happy that I chose this particular clinic and Prof. F. Hafezi. The entire staff of the clinic is very friendly, treats patients with sympathy and patience if they are nervous before surgery (my big gratitude to Aida Alili for all support and patience). The doctor Hafezi and other doctors of the clinic are very professional and ready to explain to you as many times as you need. I can only recommend!read more

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