Image quality and patient comfort after flapless femtosecond laser lenticule extraction

Poster Details

First Author: D.Breyer GERMANY

Co Author(s):    H. Kaymak   K. Klabe   F. Henke        

Abstract Details

Purpose:

It is possible to correct refractive errors with femtosecond laser assisted small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) without creating a flap. We report about our first results of the new flapless technique to evaluate postoperative image quallity and patient comfort with a questionnaire. 50 patients were examined.

Setting:

Breyer eye surgery, Dusseldorf, Germany

Methods:

We used the femtosecond laser VisuMax (CZM) for lenticule preparation. Postoperative aberrometry was documented with the Topcon KR-1W aberrometry. A cross section of the anterior eye segment was done by the Visante OCT (CZM). Patients had to answer a questionnaire.

Results:

Visual acuity after the SMILE technique was retarted in comparison to conventional Femto-LASIK, nevertheless patients reach a minimum of 0.0 logMAR one month postoperatively. Less dry eye and pain was reported after the smile proedure in comparison to LASIK.

Conclusions:

Due to good efficiancy and safty SMILE ist the method of choice treating patients with myopic refractive errors. A bigger patient group has to be evaluated in the near future to achieve statistically more significant results. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE?: ... receives consulting fees, retainer, or contract payments from a competing company