The word “elective” refers to medications and procedures undertaken by choice or with a
lower grade of prioritization. Patients usually use elective medications or undergo elective …

Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE), a variant of refractive lenticule extraction
technology is becoming increasingly popular, as a flapless and minimally invasive form of …

Aims To compare long-term clinical outcomes following small incision lenticule extraction
(SMILE) and femtosecond laser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) for myopia …

Purpose To compare visual outcomes and aberration outcomes in small incision lenticule
extraction (SMILE) versus femtosecond laser LASIK (FS‐LASIK). Methods This prospective …

Purpose To assess the intraoperative complications during small-incision lenticule
extraction (SMILE) for myopia and myopic astigmatism correction and evaluate visual …

PURPOSE: To compare safety and efficacy of topography-guided LASIK and contralateral
eye SMILE for myopia and myopic astigmatism correction. METHODS: This prospective …

The disease of myopia has come into focus as a worldwide public health concern. Myopia
has shown increasing prevalence, incidence at earlier age and progression to a higher …

AIM To compare and calculate the 3-year refractive results, higher-order aberrations (HOAs),
contrast sensitivity (CS) and dry eye parameters after small incision lenticule extraction …

Aims Insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion can be estimated by multiple indices from
fasting blood samples or blood samples obtained during oral glucose tolerance tests. The …

Introduction The aim of this study was to compare the functional optical zone (FOZ) after
correction of high myopic astigmatism and low myopic astigmatism by small-incision …