SMILE

Chapter 1 - History of Laser Refractive Surgery 1


Jorge Alió, MD, PhD, FEBO, Mohamed El Bahrawy, MD, MSc.


Chapter 2 - History of SMILE 13


Antonio Méndez, MD


Chapter 3 - Barraquer's Thickness Law 15


José Miguel Varas, MD


Chapter 4 - Principles of Femtosecond Laser 21


Erick Hernández-Bogantes, MD, Andrew Olivo-Payne, MD, Guillermo Tapia-Herrera, MD


Chapter 5 - Corneal Biomechanics After SMILE 25


Prof. Renato Ambrósio Jr., MD, PhD, Bernardo Lopes, MD, Daniel G. Dawson, MD,


Marcella Q. Salomão, MD, Rui Carneiro-Freitas, MD, David Kang, MD,


Sven Reisdorf, PhD, Fernando Faria-Correia, MD


Chapter 6 - Femtosecond Lenticule Extraction 35


Guillermo Tapia-Herrera MD, Alexandra Abdala-Figuerola MD,


Erick Hernández-Bogantes, MD


Chapter 7 - Principles of SMILE 41


Antonio Méndez, MD


Chapter 8 - Intra-Operative and Post-Operative Complications of SMILE 45


Rupal Shah, MD Chapter 9 - Management of Expectations 51


Andrei Filip M.D, PhD, Mircea Filip M.D, PhD, FEBO, Miruna Nicolae M.D, PhD,


Raluca Moisescu M.D, Eng. Eugen Rotaru


Chapter 10 - SMILE Contraindications 59


Alberto Chacón Aponte, MD


Chapter 11 - Surgical Instruments for SMILE 63


Hon Shing Ong, MSc, MBBS, FRCOphth, Jodhbir S. Mehta, BSc(Hons.),


MBBS, FRCOphth, FRCS(Ed)


Chapter 12 - Programming the VISUMAX Laser 71


José Miguel Varas, MD


Chapter 13 - Small Incision Lenticule Extraction: Surgical Technique 81


Jose L. Gu?ell, MD, PhD, Merce Morral, MD, PhD,


Daniel Elies, MD, Felicidad Manero, MD


Chapter 14 - Learning Curve 89


Arturo Ramírez-Miranda, MD, Joaquín Fernández, MD


Chapter 15 - Astigmatism in SMILE 93


Claudio Orlich, MD


Chapter 16 - Post-Op SMILE Management 97


Antonio Méndez, MD


Chapter 17 - Visual Outcomes After Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) 101


Anders Gyldenkerne, MD, Anders Ivarsen, MD, PhD, Jesper Hjortdal, MD, DMSci


Chapter 18 - Enhancement with CIRCLE 109


Claudio Orlich, MD Chapter 19 - SMILE over SMILE 113


Antonio Méndez, MD


Chapter 20 - Dry Eye in SMILE 117


Carlos Luis Chacón, MD, María Sol Avalos, MD, Ma. Cristina Chacón A.


Chapter 21 - Corneal Ectasia After SMILE 123


Claudio Orlich, MD


Chapter 22 - Suction Loss 125


Arturo Ramírez-Miranda, MD


Chapter 23 - Other Complications Related to SMILE 129


Arturo Ramírez-Miranda, MD, Jesús Cabral-Macías, MD


Chapter 24 - SMILE vs Surface Ablation 137


Marcella Salomão, MD, Fernando Faria-Correia, MD, Rui Carneiro-Freitas, MD,


Darcy Domingues, MD, Prof. Renato Ambrósio Jr, MD, PhD


Chapter 25 - SMILE vs LASIK 143


Joaquín Fernández Pérez, MD, Manuel Rodríguez-Vallejo, PhD, David P. Piñero, PhD


Chapter 26 - SMILE vs ICL 155


Arturo Ramírez-Miranda, MD, Jesús Cabral-Macías,MD


Chapter 27 - Combined SMILE and Crosslinking for Keratoconus 161


Enrique O. Graue-Hernández, MD, Arturo Ramírez-Miranda, MD,


Jesús Cabral-Macías, MD


Chapter 28 - SMILE in Pseudophakia 165


Miguel Srur, MD, Mauricio Pérez, MD Claudio Orlich, MD Chapter 29 - SMILE for Hyperopia 169


Dan Z. Reinstein, MD MA(Cantab) FRCSC DABO FRCOphth FEBO,


Kishore R. Pradhan, MD, Timothy J. Archer, MA(Oxon), DipCompSci(Cantab),


Walter Sekundo, MD PhD


Chapter 30 - IOL Power Calculation After SMILE 183


Fernando Mora González, MD, Jesús González Nava, MD,


Ricardo Acosta González, MD


Chapter 31 - Keratophakia 187


Claudio Orlich, MD, David Flikier, MD


Chapter 32 - Lenticules Preservation 197


Tito Ramírez Luquín, MD, Arturo Ramírez-Miranda, MD,


Juan Carlos Serna Ojeda, MD, MSc


Chapter 33 - Lenticules for Corneal Perforation 199<