[Experience with Introduction of SMILE: Learning Phase of our First 200 Treatments].

Conclusion: Our first SMILE treatments showed very good refractive predictability, very good safety and rapid visual recovery. Results after high myopic corrections were equivalent to or better than our first Femto-LASIK treatments. We had a much higher complication rate than with our LASIK treatments - that have been established over several years. All complications could be managed without loss of visual acuity. Visual recovery was faster and complications less frequent with experience gained. SMILE has replaced LASIK as our preferred treatment modality for the correction of myopic astigmatic eyes. PMID: 27643602 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Klin Monbl Augenheilkd Source Type: research