Trial reportBMC ophthalmology2019
Visual and optical quality outcomes of SMILE and FS-LASIK for myopia in the very early phase after surgery.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Intensive topical steroid regimen for enhanced very early recovery after small incision lenticule extraction.International ophthalmology · 2023Trial
- Effects of age and sex on the early visual outcomes of small-incision lenticule extraction for myopia correction.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Comparison of monovision surgery using ICL V4c or femtosecond laser LASIK for myopia correction in the presbyopia age patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Preoperative Suboptimal Correction and Early Visual Recovery After SMILE: How Full vs Under/Over-Correction Shapes Outcomes.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Posterior lenticule laser scan influence the ultra-early postoperative visual acuity and quality of SMILE.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Characterization of Disrupted Tissue Interface Thickness for Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction Procedure With ELITA Femtosecond Laser.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Ten-year evaluation on efficacy, safety, and predictability of femtosecond laser corneal small incision lenticule extraction for correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism: a case series.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Something to SMILE about. Is small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) ready to become the gold standard in laser refractive surgery? no.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
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- Comparison of visual quality after SMILE correction of low-to-moderate myopia in different optical zones.International ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Comparing high and low energy outcomes on day one for SmartSight myopic-astigmatism treatments with the SCHWIND ATOS: a retrospective case series.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Effect of interocular differences on binocular visual performance after inducing forward scattering.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2022Article
- Evaluation value of subjective visual quality examination on surgical indications of the early cataracts based on objective scatter index values.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Corneal morphological changes after small incision lenticule extraction for myopic anisometropia.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Visual performance after the deterioration of retinal image quality: induced forward scattering using Bangerter foils and fog filters.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Strehl Ratio and Myopia in Chinese Adolescents: The Tuyou County Pediatric Eye (TYPE) Study.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- The Differential Expression of Cytokines and Growth Factors After SMILE Compared With FS-LASIK in Rabbits.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSmall incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) are frequently used to treat myopia. However, little is known about the impact on recovery of these approaches in the very early postsurgical phase (within 24 h).
methodsTo compare the efficacy of these two procedures for the treatment of myopia in the early phase after surgery, differences in visual acuity, OSI (objective scattering index), cutoff for modulation transfer function (MTF), and SR (Strehl ratio) between SMILE and FS-LASIK were evaluated at 0, 2, 4 and 24 h postoperatively using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
resultsNo significant differences between SMILE and FS-LASIK in the MTF cutoff and SR were found (p > 0.05). However, at 2 h and 4 h after surgery, OSI values in the SMILE group were significantly higher than those in the FS-LASIK group, and visual acuity scores in the SMILE group were significantly poorer than those in the FS-LASIK group (p < 0.05). Regarding subjective symptoms, the number of patients complaining of eye dryness, blurred vision, foreign body sensation and eye soreness in the SMILE group were lower than the number in the FS-LASIK group.
conclusionsIn conclusion, visual and optical quality outcomes of FS-LASIK for myopia were better than those of SMILE in the very early phase after surgery, a difference that is attributable to the formation of interface haze.
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