What is it about?

CAIRO index is a new Pentacam parameter that differentiate keratoconus from normal corneas more accurately than previous parameters

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Why is it important?

Early keratoconus detection is extremely important but difficult. The CAIRO index facilitates this early accurate detection.

Perspectives

I think the use of CAIRO index will solve many query cases in which there is contradictory keratoconus detection indices.

Professor Maged Maher Roshdy
Ain Shams University

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This page is a summary of: New corneal assessment index from the relational thickness and other OCULUS values (CAIRO Index), Clinical Ophthalmology, August 2018, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s171827.
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