Small incision lenticule extraction

Small incision lenticule extraction

The SMILE procedure developed by Carl Zeiss Meditec for refractive surgery stands for Small Incision Lenticule Extraction. Zeiss says the procedure combines state-of-the-art femtosecond laser technology and precise lenticule extraction providing a micro-invasive laser vision correction method. Unlike LASIK, in which an excimer laser ablates tissue inside the cornea after opening the corneal surface by cutting a corneal flap, the SMILE procedure is performed without a flap. The ZEISS femtosecond laser VisuMaxR is used to create a very thin disc of tissue (lenticule) inside the intact cornea, which can then be extracted through a small incision. An excimer laser is not required, according to the company. “With SMILE, ophthalmic surgeons now for the first time have a refractive surgery procedure that provides great benefits for their patients with the least possible intervention: the cornea of the eye remains intact as much as possible; the predictability of the correction is very good,” says Ludwin Monz, president and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.

www.meditec.zeiss.com

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