Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Béatrice Cochener-Lamard, MD, PhD, discusses an increasing brighter future for lenticular surgery, now called ReLEx.

FRANKFURT, Germany — A novel technique using a SMILE lenticule to increase corneal thickness during ultraviolet irradiation allows for effective corneal collagen cross-linking in thin corneas.

NEW YORK — In a presentation at OSN New York, Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, discusses small incision lenticule extraction and uses video footage to showcase the surgery.

SAN DIEGO — Educating staff can be important for incorporating small incision lenticule extraction into a practice, according to a speaker here.

Laser vision correction procedures totaled 190,509 in the fourth quarter of 2021, marking a 32% year-to-date increase over 2020, according to a press release from the Refractive Surgery Council.

IOL exchange and the benefits of SMILE procedures dominated refractive surgery news in December.

An AI-based predictive tool helps selecting the most appropriate procedure for refractive surgery, minimizing the risk of postoperative ectasia.

The implantation of fresh SMILE lenticules can effectively reduce residual hyperopic refractive errors after LASIK, according to a study.

SMILE proved effective in correcting residual myopia and myopic astigmatism in pseudophakic eyes, leading to significant visual acuity gain.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Dan Reinstein, MD, discusses the results of a study investigating SMILE in nearly 4,000 eyes.