International Review of Ophthalmology ›› 2012, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 8-12.doi: 10.3760/ cma.j.issn.1673-5803.2012.01.002

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Femtosecond laser small incision lenticule extraction for the correction of myopia

ZHAO Jing, CHEN Zhi, ZOU Xing-tao   

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University; Myopia Key Laboratory of the Health Ministry, Shanghai 200031, China
  • Received:2012-01-15 Online:2012-02-22 Published:2012-02-19
  • Contact: Corresponding author: ZHOU Xing-tao, Email: jitong0512@163.com

Abstract: The small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) with femtosecond laser involves creating an intrastromal lenticule by scanning at two different depth in the corneal stroma and making sidecut incisions, followed by separation and complete removal of the lenticule from the small incision. This technique revolutionizes the traditional refractive surgery to achieve "allinone", with better security, effectiveness, predictability and stability. It has a good prospect in application but its longterm efficacy needs more samples to be further investigated.