Influence of age on small incision lenticule extraction outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: Post-SMILE refractive outcomes in those patients over 40 years of age, although acceptable, are not as good as those obtained in younger patients, showing a significantly lower efficacy and safety indexes, and poorer astigmatic outcomes, with a tendency towards undercorrection. We hypothetise that the increased corneal stroma stiffness in the aged group modifies the post-SMILE corneal stroma remodelling capacity, thus affecting the SMILE refractive and visual response. PMID: 33208352 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - November 18, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Primavera L, Canto-Cerdan M, Alio JL, Alio Del Barrio JL Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research