New eye procedure introduced at Musgrove - Around Wellington

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New eye procedure introduced at Musgrove - Around Wellington

Patients in Somerset with keratoconus, an eye condition that causes blurred vision and sensitivity to light, can now access treatment which prevents its progression. It’s all thanks to a cross-linking procedure introduced at Musgrove Park Hospital to treat patients with corneal ectasia – where the round clear window of a patient’s eye becomes progressively thin, causing it to become cone-shaped and irregular. Cross-linking is the only recognised…