Advantages

  • Rings can be removed
  • No tissue is removed
  • Acuity of vision increases
  • Can be combined with UV-crosslinking (UV-CXL) to stabilise the cornea or with other surgical visual rehabilitation techniques such as topography-guided superficial Excimer laser treatments (PRK) or Phake implants
  • Few complications
  • Sometimes a corneal transplant can be postponed due to the ring segments
  • Contact lens tolerance increases

More about Intrastromal corneal ring segments

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Possible risks

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