The implantation of fresh SMILE lenticules can effectively reduce residual hyperopic refractive errors after LASIK, according to a study.
The results of this method in 40 eyes of 30 patients were presented in a poster at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting by Njomza Hima Musa, MD, and co-authors.
The lenticules were taken from patients who underwent SMILE surgery for myopia and inserted in post-LASIK eyes with residual hyperopic error using two methods in two groups of 20 eyes. In the first group, the LASIK flap was lifted, cleaned and repositioned after placing the lenticule on the