Corneal nerve metrics start to recover 3 months after SMILE but do not reach baseline levels at 12 months postoperatively, according to a study.
“We investigated the changes in tear neuromediators and corneal subbasal nerve plexus following small incision lenticule extraction,” Yu-Chi Liu, MD, MCI, told Healio/OSN. “We also studied its association with different refractive power of corrections.”
Forty eyes of 20 patients were included in a tear neuromediator analysis, while 20 eyes of 10 patients underwent corneal nerve analysis using in vivo confocal microscopy.
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