Effects of riboflavin/UVA corneal cross‐linking on keratocytes and collagen fibres in human cornea

Abstract

Corneal cross-linking leads to keratocyte damage; after 6 months a repopulation by proliferating cells, a distribution of CD34-positive keratocytes as in control and an increase in collagen fibre diameter were observed. These modifications are the morphological correlate of the process leading to an increase in biomechanical stability.