上海五官科医院 A Pilot Study of SMILE for Hyperopia Corneal Morphology and Surface Characteristics of Concave Lenticules in Human Donor Eyes.pdf

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A Pilot Study of SMILE for Hyperopia:
Corneal Morphology and Surface yperopia presents greater challenges during la-
ser treatment than myopia for multiple reasons
Characteristics of Concave Lenticules and the main issue with these treatments is re-
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in Human Donor Eyes fractive regression. Femtosecond laser-assisted small
incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) is a refractive sur-
Jing Zhao, MD, PhD; Huamao Miao, MD, PhD; gery that avoids flap lifting and ,4 Many
Tian Han, MD; Yang Shen, MD; Yu Zhao, MD, PhD; studies have proven its safety, efficacy, and stability for
myopia -8 Thus, it is a potential alternative
Ling Sun, MD, PhD; Xingtao Zhou, MD, PhD
for correcting hyperopia and the early-term es
of femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEx) have already
ABSTRACT
been To the best of our knowledge, the use
PURPOSE: To evaluate the corneal morphology and surface char- of SMILE for the correction of hyperopia and the cor-
acteristics of concave lenticules after small incision lenticule ex- neal characteristics and quality of the extracted lenti-
traction (SMILE) for hyperopia. cule have not been reported yet. In the current study,
we assessed the characteristics of the corneas and the
METHODS: SMILE procedures were performed on two human extracted lenticules after SMILE for the correction of