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Re-treatment for incomplete SMILE due to suction loss can be predictable, safe
Re-treatment with a femtosecond laser after suction loss in eyes during small incision lenticule extraction did not affect accuracy, predictability or safety, according to a study. In addition, patients did not notice a difference in vision.Researchers included 8,490 eyes of 4,296 patients in a prospective, paired-eye case study at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, China. Thirty-five eyes in the cohort experienced suction loss during SMILE for treatment of myopia or myopic astigmatism. These eyes were re-treated with SMILE, femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK or a pseudo-SMILE procedure. Fellow eyes were then treated with SMILE.