Table 3

Previous studies on visual and refractive outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE)

AuthorYearRepetition rateEyesFollow-upAgeSpherical equivalentAstigmatismSafetyEfficacyPredictabilityStability
(kHz)(months)(years)(D)(D)(logMAR CDVA)(logMAR UDVA)Within±0.5 D (%)within±1.0 D (%)(D)
Shah et al7201120051626.0±5.55−4.87±2.16−0.76±0.9870% unchanged79% ≤0.16 logMAR91100−0.06
25% gained 1 line or more
6% lost 1 line or more
Sekundo et al8201120091635.6−4.75±1.56−0.78±0.7949% unchanged83.5% ≤0.00 logMAR80.295.60.05
35.6% gained 1 line or more
11% lost 1 line or more
Vestergaard et al102012500279338.1±8.7−7.18±1.57−0.71±0.50−0.03±0.0795% ≤0.30 logMAR7795−0.18
Hjortdal et al112012500670338.3±8.3−7.19±1.30−0.60±0.46−0.049±0.09784% ≤0.16 logMAR80.194.2−0.25±0.44 (undercorrection)
Kamiya et al6201450026631.5±6.2−4.21±2.63−0.54±0.74−0.19±0.07−0.15±0.201001000.00±0.30
Sekundo et al152014500531229−4.68±1.29−0.41±0.5147% unchanged88% ≤0.00 logMAR92100−0.08
42% gained 1 line or more
11% lost 1 line
Vestergaard et al16201450034635±7−7.56±1.11−0.08±0.08−0.04±0.068897−0.17±0.34
Ivarsen et al1720145001574338±8−7.25±1.84−0.93±0.90−0.05±0.10−0.15±0.50
Lin et al18201460325.9±6.4−5.13±1.75−0.57±0.4796.7% unchanged85% ≤0.00 logMAR98.3−0.09±0.38
3.3% lost 1 line or more
Ganesh and Gupta19201450327.4±5.6−4.95±2.09−0.53±0.9388% unchanged84% ≤0.00 logMAR−0.14±0.28
12% gained 1 line
Reinstein et al2020145001101232.4±5.7−2.61±0.54−0.55±0.3866% unchanged96% ≤0.00 logMAR8499−0.05±0.36
25% gained 1 line or more
9% lost 1 line
Xu and Yang212015521224.5±6.0−5.53±1.70−0.64±0.5167% unchanged83% ≤0.00 logMAR90.498.1−0.06±0.37
32% gained 1 line or more
1% lost 1 line
Current500521231.8±6.9−4.11±1.73−0.51±0.65−0.22±0.07−0.16±0.11100100−0.05±0.32