Corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segments, or CAIRS, have been gaining momentum over the years as a minimally invasive procedure for treating keratoconus and corneal ectasia.
“CAIRS is a type of mid-peripheral, mid-stromal additive lamellar keratoplasty. However, unlike other keratoplasties and even unlike all other treatments for keratoconus, CAIRS is a very high-reward, low-risk surgery. Very few procedures have that benefit, and the learning curve is very simple,” Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, said.
In 2015, Jacob developed the CAIRS technique and has since introduced several