Clinical Outcomes Comparison of Combined Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with Collagen Cross-Linking Versus Small Incision Lenticule Extraction Only.

Ayoub ChabibMassimo MammoneChiara FantozziRebecca R LianNatalie A AfshariMichael H GoldbaumMarco Fantozzi

Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2022)

SMILE Xtra procedure is a safe and simple procedure that can be offered to patients with high corneal ectasia risk because there were no differences in the indices of ectasia compared to the group treated only with SMILE which has a low corneal ectatic risk.

Keyphrases

cataract surgery
wound healing
minimally invasive
optical coherence tomography
laparoscopic surgery
newly diagnosed