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This study evaluated the prevailing practice patterns among Indian ophthalmologists in the diagnosis and treatment of KC via an online survey.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a survey-based cross-sectional study in which a questionnaire (Supplement 1) was created. Questions pertaining to the practicing experience, setting of practice, and training background were asked in addition to the investigations done and decision making in KC management. Responses were collected via Survey Monkey (Survey Monkey, Palo Alto, California, USA) and statistical analysis performed using R software (4.1.3).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The survey was answered by 273 ophthalmologists. Pentacam was the most used topographer (195 users), followed by Orbscan (41 users), Sirius (34 users), and Galilei (3 users). The lowest limit of pachymetry for performing collagen crosslinking (CXL) was 400\u03bc for most practitioners. More than half the respondents (50.55%) did not perform photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or intracorneal ring segment (ICRS) implantation in a suitable patient. Accelerated 10-minute protocol (9 mW\/cm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for 10 minutes) was the most commonly (54.21%) used for CXL, followed by Dresden protocol (3 mW\/cm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for 30 minutes) (36.63%). When a patient was unsuitable for CXL, 55.31% surgeons advise contact lens (CL) trial, 35.16% surgeons advise keratoplasty, 26.74% surgeons perform stromal augmentation, and 7.69% surgeons advise spectacle correction. Corneal scar was the most common indication (49.45%) for performing keratoplasty.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Topography remains the most used diagnostic modality for initial diagnosis. Optical coherence tomography and epithelial mapping are increasingly being used for early diagnosis of KC. Not all ophthalmologists were comfortable performing ICRS or PRK. When patients are unsuitable for CXL, CL trial remains the most frequently advised option followed by keratoplasty.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.ijo_595_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,21]],"date-time":"2023-08-21T07:55:22Z","timestamp":1692604522000},"page":"3229-3234","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Prevailing practice patterns in keratoconus among Indian ophthalmologists"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Rashmi","family":"Deshmukh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alok Kumar","family":"Shrivastava","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"},{"name":"Sri 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