BACKGROUND To evaluate the refractive outcomes for the correction of low to moderate astigmatism up to 1 year following small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery. METHODS This retrospective study enrolled 98 eyes from 98 patients who underwent SMILE surgery for the correction of myopia and astigmatism. Only right eyes were included in this study to avoid the bias of orientation erro...

Purpose: To compare the visual and refractive outcomes of ReLEx® SMILE with interface wash in one eye with no wash of interface in the other eye of the patient following removal of lenticule for myopic correction. Design: Prospective, non-randomised, clinical study. Methods: All patient included in the study (n = 40 eyes) undergoing ReLEx® SMILE were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 (n = 20 eyes)...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this case series is to report the one-year outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) using the VisuMax® femtosecond laser. METHODS Two hundred and six patients were recruited for this retrospective, single center study at TRSC International LASIK Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Patients underwent SMILE, whereby an intrastromal lenticule was cut using a fem...

The three-dimensional finite element model of the postoperative whole human eye after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery and axisymmetric air-puff were established, influencing factors in Air-puff test explored from displacement nephogram on anterior corneal surface. Our results showed that maximum depression was positively correlated with corrected diopter when peak pressure e...

Purpose. To evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for treating myopia and myopic astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). Design. Case-series. Methods. Ten eyes of 10 patients with previous PKP and residual myopic astigmatism for whom pentacam imaging and thickness measurements were acceptable for laser vision correction. Manifest...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the degree of perception of laypersons, professionals, and dental students, regarding the aesthetic appearance of the smile in cases of gingival plastic surgery of the maxilla for correction of a gingival smile, by examining alterations in photographs. MATERIALS/METHODS Alterations were made to an extraoral front-view-photograph of a gingival smile in normal occlusion, b...

AIM To evaluate and compare early corneal wound healing and inflammatory responses after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) versus femtosecond laser laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS Thirty-six eyes of 36 rabbits underwent SMILE, while another 36 eyes of 36 rabbits were treated with femtosecond laser LASIK. All the eyes were subjected to the same refractive correction of ...

PURPOSE To perform a comparative clinical analysis of the safety, efficacy, and predictability of two surgical procedures (ie, small incision lenticule extraction [SMILE] and femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK [FS-LASIK]) to correct myopia. METHODS Sixty eyes of 31 patients with a mean spherical equivalent of -5.13 ± 1.75 diopters underwent myopia correction with the SMILE procedure. Fifty-one ...

PURPOSE To compare the objective and subjective quality of vision after femtosecond laser-assisted small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) for mild to moderate myopia. METHODS This prospective, comparative study included 65 eyes of 33 patients in the SMILE group, with a mean spherical equivalent (SE) of -4.16 ± 0.82 diopters, and 50 ...