Scleral Cross-linking Using Riboflavin and Ultraviolet-A Radiation for Prevention of Axial Myopia in a Rabbit ModelAssaf Dotan 1, Israel Kremer 1,2, Orly Gal-Or 1, Tami Livnat 3, Arie Zigler 4, Dan Bourla 1, Dov Weinberger 1,2,3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 2Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 3Laboratory of Eye Research, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, 4Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University
We demonstrate the effect of scleral crosslinking with riboflavin and UVA on an axial elongation rabbit eye. Axial elongation was induced in 13 day-old New Zealand rabbits (male and female) by suturing their right eye eyelids (tarsorrhaphy).
