Is it feasible for a refractive surgery clinic to store and reuse SMILE lenticules?

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SMILE surgery is becoming more and more popular and successful, and is now a driver in our high-volume clinic.
I have always felt it is a shame to dispose of this portion of healthy cornea and truly believe we should make use of it. High-volume refractive clinics could set up their eye bank facilities for storage, where the law allows for it. In European countries, regulations are based on cadaver eye tissue, and we need to (Read more...)