ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Twelve-year global publications on small incision lenticule extraction: A bibliometric analysis.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of Refractive Outcomes Between Small Lenticule Extraction Using a 500 KHz and a 2 MHz Femtosecond Laser.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Visual outcomes for the initial 500 eyes treated with keratorefractive lenticule extraction (KLEx) for myopia and myopic astigmatism at a single-site.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2025Article
- Applications of SMILE-extracted lenticules in ophthalmology.International journal of ophthalmology · 2024Review
- Recent Advances in Refractive Surgery: An Overview.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Femtosecond-laser-assisted Small Incision Lenticule Extraction to Treat Refractive Error: A Narrative Review.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
Purpose: To analyze the development process of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery in a 12-year period. Methods: We conducted a literature search for SMILE research from 2011 to 2022 using the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The VOS viewer, and CiteSpace software were used to perform the bibliometric analysis. Publication language, annual growth trend, countries/regions and institutions, journals, keywords, references, and citation bursts were analyzed. Results: A total of 731 publications from 2011 to 2022 were retrieved. Annual publication records grew from two to more than 100 during this period. China had the highest number of publications (n = 326). Sixty-five keywords that appeared more than four times were classified into six clusters: femtosecond laser technology, dry eye, biomechanics, visual quality, complications, and hyperopia. Conclusion: The number of literatures has been growing rapidly in the past 12 years. Our study provides a deep insight into publications on SMILE for researchers and clinicians with bibliometric analysis for the first time.
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