7 years of SMILE complications – still SMILING?

Session Details

Session Title: Refractive
Session Date/Time: Friday 21/02/2020 | 08:15-10:10
Paper Time: 09:02
Venue: Fes 1.

First Author: D.Breyer GERMANY
Co Author(s): H. Kaymak  K. Klabe  A. Breyer  M. Kirca  F. Kretz  G. Auffarth  

Abstract Details

Purpose:

We have been performing SMILE surgery for 7 years. All surgeries are video recorded without exception.

Setting:

All surgeries were performed at the Breyer-Kaymak-Klabe Eye Surgery & Premium Eyes in Duesseldorf, Germany, which is part of the International Vision Correction Research Center (IVCRC.net).

Methods:

All videos (planned treatment: 2165 eyes, 100%; completed treatment: 2143 eyes; 98,98%) from the first case on have been consecutively analyzed for complications without exception. The complete variety of complications was systematically documented and will be shown. Suction loss, black spots leading to loss of lines in visual acuity, refractive touch up rate, conversion to other surgical procedures, incomplete surgery, worsening of dry eye symptoms after SMILE surgery was documented.

Results:

No patient lost more than one line. Suction loss (0.69%), refractive touch up rate and conversion to other surgical procedures (0.37%), incomplete surgery (1.00%), worsening of dry eye symptoms (0.09%) after SMILE surgery were maximal 1.00%.

Conclusions:

Still SMILING. Shifting of all our myopic patients from LASIK to SMILE.

Financial Disclosure:

... gains financially from product or procedure presented, ... travel has been funded, fully or partially, by a competing company, ... research is funded, fully or partially, by a competing company, ... receives consulting fees, retainer, or contract payments from a competing company