Titre | Is ‘Relex Smile’ pushing the boundaries in refractive corneal surgery? |
But | To report the 3-month results of the first ten patients who underwent Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) in the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. |
Méthodes | Eightteen eyes of ten patients with myopia or myopic astigmatism underwent SMILE by cutting a lenticule of intrastromal corneal tissue using the Visumax 500 kHz femtosecond laser. The lenticule was manually dissected and removed from the stroma through a 3.5 mm incision using 0.12 forceps. All patients completed 3 months of follow-up. The uncorrected visual acuity the best spectacle-corrected visual acuity after 3 months, corneal topography, objective and manifest refractions, and side effects are reported. |
Résultats | The patients’ mean age was 26.9 years. The preoperative mean spherical equivalent (SE) was -5.73 ±1.26 diopters (D). Three months postoperatively, the mean SE was +0.27±0.19 D. Stability was achieved within 6 weeks. No complications were noted in any of the cases, no eyes lost any lines of BSCVA. |
Conclusion | These preliminary results show that Relex SMILE, a flapless minimally invasive technique, appears to be a safe and effective new refractive procedure correcting myopia and myopic astigmatism. |
Nom | GOES |
Initiales | FJr |
Institut | Goes Eye Centre |
Ville | Antwerp |