上海五官科医院 Lenticule Quality After Continuous Curvilinear Lenticulerrhexis in SMILE Evaluated With Scanning Electron Microscopy.pdf

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Lenticule Quality After Continuous Curvilinear
Lenticulerrhexis in SMILE Evaluated With
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Yu Zhao, MD; Meiyan Li, PhD; Ling Sun, PhD; Jing Zhao, PhD; Yingjun Chen, MD;
Xingtao Zhou, MD, PhD
mall incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) using a
ABSTRACT femtosecond laser has been shown to be a safe and ef-
fective procedure to correct myopia and myopic astig-
PURPOSE: To evaluate the surface characteristics of len- S 1 2
matism. Since SMILE was introduced in 2010, the surgical
ticules extracted by continuous curvilinear lenticulerrhexis technique has been modified by our study of the continuous
(CCL) in small incision lenticule extraction.
curvilinear lenticulerrhexis (CCL) With this tech-
METHODS: Twelve eyes treated with small incision len- nique, only the cap lenticule plane should be dissected be-
ticule extraction were included in the study and divided fore extracting the lenticule from the cornea stroma. Because
into two groups: L and traditional groups. The ex- the lenticule surface quality is vital for postoperative optical
tracted lenticules were examined with scanning electron quality,4 the purpose of this study was to investigate the sur-
microscopy. Both the anterior and the posterior surfaces face quality of lenticules extracted L.
of the lenticules were accessed. A sc