More than 90% of eyes that underwent small incision lenticule extraction for high myopia correction experienced unchanged corrected distance visual acuity or gained one or more line at 36 months, according to a study.
“There is no available tool on the market that corrects very high myopia on the corneal level other than the SMILE procedure,” Ahmed Elmassry, MD, PhD, told Healio/OSN.
Elmassry and colleagues assessed the stability, safety, predictability and efficacy of SMILE in patients with high myopia. The retrospective, noncomparative analysis included 495 eyes of 270 patients
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