Skip to main content

Table 2 Accuracy and reproducibility of SMILE cap thickness

From: Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) history, fundamentals of a new refractive surgery technique and clinical outcomes

Author

Measurement method

Eyes

Accuracy (μm)

Reproducibility (μm)

Reinstein 2013 [33]

Artemis VHF digital ultrasound

70

−0.7

4.4

Zhao 2013 [34]

RTVue AS-OCT

54

−1.2

5.1

Vestergaard 2014 [35]

Heidelberg Spectralis AS-OCT

34

+4

9

Ozgurhan 2013 [28]

Visante AS-OCT

66

+4.6

5.2

Tay 2012 [36]

RTVue AS-OCT

95

+5.0

---

  1. SMILE: small incision lenticule extraction; VHF: very high-frequency; AS-OCT: anterior segment optical coherence tomography.