7-Year Results of SMILE for High Myopia: Visual and Refractive Outcomes and Aberrations.

Purpose: To evaluate the 7-year visual, refractive, and optical outcomes following small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for high myopia and myopic astigmatism.

Methods: Sixty-nine eyes (69 patients) undergoing SMILE between March 2011 and January 2012 at Aarhus University Hospital were included. Preoperative, 3-month, 3-year, and 7-year evaluation included: manifest refraction and uncorrected (UDVA) and corrected (CDVA) distance visual acuities, total corneal refractive power (TCRP), average keratometry (Km), aberrations, and central corneal thickness (CCT).

Intrastromal Lenticule Rotation for Treatment of Astigmatism Up to 10.00 Diopters Ex Vivo in Human Corneas.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of intrastromal lenticule rotation (ISLR) as a novel technique for management of astigmatism up to 10.00 diopters (D).

Methods: Eighteen human donor corneas were mounted on an artificial anterior chamber.

Functional Optical Zone and Centration Following SMILE and LASIK: A Prospective, Randomized, Contralateral Eye Study.

Purpose: To compare centration and functional optical zone (FOZ) after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Methods: In this prospective, randomized, single-masked, paired-eyed, clinical trial, 70 patients received SMILE in one eye and LASIK in the other eye for myopia and myopic astigmatism. FOZ was calculated using custom software on 3-month postoperative refractive power maps (Pentacam HR; Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany).

Corneal remodelling and topography following biological inlay implantation with combined crosslinking in a rabbit model.

Implantation of biological corneal inlays, derived from small incision lenticule extraction, may be a feasible method for surgical management of refractive and corneal diseases. However, the refractive outcome is dependent on stromal remodelling of both the inlay and recipient stroma. This study aimed to investigate the refractive changes and tissue responses following implantation of 2.

Review of Corneal Biomechanical Properties Following LASIK and SMILE for Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism.

Worldwide, femtosecond Laser Assisted Keratomileusis (LASIK) is a well known and commonly used refractive technique, although Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) has become increasingly popular since it was introduced in 2011. In LASIK, a corneal flap is cut with a microkeratome or femtosecond laser, followed by thinning of the stromal bed with excimer laser ablation. In SMILE, a minor intrastromal lenticule is cut with a femtosecond laser and subsequently removed through a small incision, leaving the anterior and strongest part of the cornea almost intact.