Majid Moshirfar, Stephanie Zhang, Shreya Pandya, Michael Murri, Arjan Hura, Dagny Zhu, Jod S Mehta, Yu Chi Liu, Sri Ganesh, Gene Kim
A 33-year-old woman with a prior history of small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) presented with gradual deterioration of vision in her right eye since the surgery. She had undergone bilateral SMILE for myopic correction (-7.00 diopters [D] in the right eye and -6.00 D in the left eye) 3 weeks prior. SMILE was performed with a Zeiss VisuMax femtosecond laser system, with a cap thickness of 120 µm, a cap diameter of 7.50 mm, and a lenticule diameter of 6.50 mm. At the completion of the surgery, loose epithelium was noted at the SMILE incision bilaterally, and bandage contact lenses were placed in both eyes...
November 1, 2023: Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery