CAIRS PLAN

Physician information resource for planning Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segment “CAIRS” surgery

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What is CAIRS?

Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments (“CAIRS”) is the next generation of Minimally Invasive Corneal Surgery (“MICS”) and an entirely new approach to treating corneal ectasia.

CAIRS was first described by Dr Soosan Jacob in 2018 as a new treatment for keratoconus. It involves the implantation of a ring of donor corneal tissue into a peripheral channel with the aim of flattening and regularising the cornea. This leads to improved corneal shape and better visual quality.

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CAIRS allows you to reshape the cornea without removal of tissue
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CAIRS is rapid, sutureless, reversible and associated with quick recovery
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CAIRS allows corneal surgeons to improve vision in a wide range of ectasia patients without more invasive corneal transplants.
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CAIRS delivers results.

In our experience, mean gain in uncorrected vision is 3 lines , and 2 lines in corrected vision. At least 3 lines of vision is gained in half of patients uncorrected (up to 11 lines) and a quarter of patients corrected. No patients lost > 1 line of vision. (submitted for publication)

Dr Gunn’s results from all CAIRS cases. More than 50% of patients gain at least 3 lines of UDVA

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This website was developed to give information about CAIRS and to provide tools for planning cases for Eye Physicians.

All of the advice presented here is general in nature. Drs Gunn and Cronin do not provide medical advice through this website and use of the site is at the discretion and risk of the operating surgeon. We accept no legal liability for its use.

This website was developed to give information about CAIRS and to provide tools for planning cases for Eye Physicians.

All of the advice presented here is general in nature. Drs Gunn and Cronin do not provide medical advice through this website and use of the site is at the discretion and risk of the operating surgeon. We accept no legal liability for its use.

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