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Intrastromal Corneal Ring Types

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There are several types of intrastromal corneal rings available in the market at the time of the release of this book. In this chapter, we describe the main features of the most widely used rings. Among them are Keraring (Mediphacos, Brazil), Ferrara Ring (Mediphacos, Brazil), Intacs (Addition Technology, USA), Bisantis (Optikon, Italy), MyoRing (Dioptex, Austria), and Cornealrings (Visiontech, Brazil).

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  1. Instituto da Saúde Ocular de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

    Daniela Barbosa Gemperli

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  1. Provisão Eye Hospital of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

    Edna Almodin

  2. Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Belquiz Amaral Nassaralla

  3. Nucleo de Medicina Ocular, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

    Jordana Sandes

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Gemperli, D.B. (2022). Intrastromal Corneal Ring Types. In: Almodin, E., Nassaralla, B.A., Sandes, J. (eds) Keratoconus . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85361-7_48

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