ArticleBMC ophthalmology2019
Comparison of anterior segment changes after femtosecond laser LASIK and SMILE using a dual rotating Scheimpflug analyzer.
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- Early Posterior Corneal Changes and Belin/Ambrósio Scores Following Photorefractive Keratectomy: A Pentacam Study.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2025Article
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- Comparison of central corneal thickness treated with small incision lenticule extraction, femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, or laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis for myopia.Lasers in medical science · 2023Article
- Comparison of planned versus achieved central corneal stromal thickness reduction in SMILE versus FS-LASIK: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Simulation of the Human Myopic Eye Cornea Compensation Based on the Analysis of Aberrometric Data.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison of Predictability in Central Corneal Thickness Reduction After SMILE and FS-LASIK for High Myopia Correction.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2023Article
- Longitudinal evaluation of corneal tomography after small incision lenticule extraction.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Changes in Anterior Chamber After Myopic and Hyperopic FS-LASIK.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2022Article
- Corneal Lenticule Creation Using a New Solid-State Femtosecond Laser Measured by Spectral Domain OCT in a Porcine Eye Model.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Article
- Effect of Prophylactic Mitomycin C on Corneal Endothelium Following Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy in Myopic Patients.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Reference Values of the Central Corneal Thickness with Different Refractive Errors for the Adult Egyptian Population.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo compare the changes in the anterior segment after femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) and small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) using a dual rotating Scheimpflug (DRS) analyzer (Galilei®; Ziemer Ophthalmology, Port, Switzerland).
methodsA total of 218 eyes of 109 patients who underwent FS-LASIK or SMILE for myopic correction were retrospectively studied. Ninety-eight eyes of 49 patients who underwent FS-LASIK were compared to 120 eyes of 60 patients treated with SMILE. A DRS analyzer was used for preoperative and 6-month postoperative anterior segment analyses. Measured variables included the central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior and posterior keratometry (K), anterior and posterior best-fit sphere radius, and maximum posterior elevation (MPE).
resultsAfter the procedure, the amount of CCT decrease was higher in the SMILE group than in the FS-LASIK group, but it was not statistically significant. The MPE was significantly increased after both procedures (p < 0.001 and p = 0.001 in the FS-LASIK and SMILE groups, respectively), with the amount of elevation being higher after FS-LASIK than after SMILE even though it was not statistically significant. And there was a significant change in the steep and average posterior K in the FS-LASIK group (p = 0.006 and 0.001, respectively), but not in the SMILE group.
conclusionsRegarding changes in the MPE and posterior K, changes in the posterior corneal surface were greater after FS-LASIK than after SMILE.
trial registrationThe trial registration number: KCT0003628. Date of registration: 15 March 2019.
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